Man infected with Hantavirus dies on bus in China, other passengers tested

A man from China’s Yunnan Province, who tested positive for hantavirus, died on a bus, according to a report by the Global Times.

The media outlet further revealed that the 32 other passengers of the bus were also tested.

A person from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus on Monday. He was tested positive for #hantavirus. Other 32 people on bus were tested.

Hantavirus is a previously known family of viruses and is spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied disease syndromes in people but the cases of person-to-person transmission are rare and have only been reported from Chile and Argentina, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).