From conspiracy theories claiming that the term "hantavirus" is derived from Hebrew, to claims that big pharma groups created the virus to drive up vaccine profits, a slew of false claims about the pathogen have emerged on social media in recent weeks.
The hantavirus outbreak occurred aboard the MV Hondius ship, which set sail from Argentina on 1 April, before it docked on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands on 10 May.
