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humor El Mundo Today 2026-06-10

Canary Islands President's Mouse Traps Save World From Hantavirus: WHO Confirms Rodent Rescue Mission

In a move that proves gut feeling trumps bureaucratic skepticism, the Canary Islands president's wild idea to yeet mouse traps into the ocean has now been validated by the WHO. Apparently, preventing a hantavirus pandemic was as simple as an aquatic rodent eviction notice.


<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="390" src="https://emtstatic.com/2026/06/clavijo-600x390.png" width="600" /></figure>El presidente de Canarias, Fernando Clavijo, protagonizó una polémica tras advertir sobre el riesgo de que ratas vinculadas al brote de hantavirus llegaran nadando desde un crucero cercano al archipiélago. Ahora, los expertos internacionales le dan la razón. «El señor Clavijo no hizo caso a las burlas y se cubrió las espaldas tirando al...

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