Illustration of a hantavirus testing concept with laboratory tubes containing cotton swabs and HANTAVIRUS labels alongside rat silhouettes in the background evoking rodent-borne transmission, photographed in Paris, France, on 4 May 2026.
JOHANNESBURG - MPs are demanding answers on the implications of the hantavirus to South Africans.
They have summonsed Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to explain.
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Key, will be the department’s investigation, measures that have been implemented, and the lessons identified to strengthen the effectiveness of South Africa’s health security systems.