2020 Tweet About Hantavirus Goes Viral as WHO Issues Alert Over New Outbreak
- The WHO issued a health alert on May 6, 2026, after a newly detected hantavirus strain caused serious respiratory illness among passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship
- Three people died, and five more suspected cases were reported on the vessel, prompting the WHO to notify 12 countries whose nationals disembarked at Saint Helena
- A 2020 tweet appearing to reference hantavirus went viral amid the outbreak scare, drawing amazed reactions from netizens, including Ghanaian media personality Serwaa Amihere
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A social media user has gone viral after a 2020 tweet warning of the hanta virus resurfaced on social media amid reports of a pending outbreak.
Source: Twitter
On May 6, 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a new health alert following the emergence of hantavirus.
In the statement, the organisation said that a newly detected strain of hantavirus was identified after some passengers on a cruise ship became seriously ill with respiratory problems.
2026 hantavirus outbreak sparks fear
According to reports, a cruise ship, identified as MV Hondius, a Dutch-operated expedition vessel that departed from Argentina and has been sailing between South America, the South Atlantic and the Canary Islands en route to Cabo Verde, had developed an outbreak of the illness onboard.
Three people reportedly died from the illness, with five more suspected cases.
Several passengers reportedly disembarked from the MV Hondius in St Helena, sparking fear of a global outbreak.
“WHO has also informed 12 countries whose nationals disembarked in Saint Helena. Those 12 countries are Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.”
The WHO added that the chances of an outbreak are low as the hantavirus is originally hosted in rodents and cannot be transferred between humans.
Below is a Twitter post from the WHO with details of the hantavirus outbreak.
2020 tweet about hantavirus goes viral
Amid the global consternation over the chances of another global pandemic, a tweet from 2020 about the virus has gone viral and left many wondering if the author has psychic abilities.
The tweet, shared on March 24, 2024, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, appeared to hint at another deadly virus.
"Hantavirus??????," Twitter user @BALUCIAGA wrote at the time.
The tweet has resurfaced amid the ongoing fear surrounding the hantavirus and sparked amazed reactions among netizens, including Ghanaian media personality Serwaa Amihere.
The Twitter post about the hantavirus is below.
Reactions to resurfaced hantavirus tweet
YEN.com.gh compiled some comments reacting to the 2020 Twitter post about hantavirus that resurfaced amid the recent outbreak.
Serwaa Amihere said:
“Ei.”
Jess✨ wrote:
"How the 'f' did y’all know?????"
flowzki commented:
"How on earth did you unearth this thought?????? Has it been said before?"
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BlackLuna said:
"How the hell did you all know? This is looking like a premeditated experiment!!!"
Source: YEN.com.gh
