United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 253
Hantavirus
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13 May 2026
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27 May 2026 · Answer
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27 May 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of human-to-human transmission of hantavirus.
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13 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of human-to-human transmission of hantavirus.
Source: Commons
27 May 2026
Answer
Most hantaviruses do not spread between humans, although person-to-person transmission has happened with the Andes virus strain in rare cases. The risk from the recent outbreak remains very low for members of the general public.The United Kingdom’s respon...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-13/253
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1904477
- uk · wq-1904477 · source updated 27 May 2026