Question follow-through · 253
Hantavirus
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
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.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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