Overview
- Hasenhüttl, 58, told the Daily Mirror on Friday that a 2012 hantavirus infection put him in intensive care for about two weeks.
- He said doctors found his liver and kidneys had swollen and were pressing on other organs, which he felt as sharp pain in his back.
- He recalled there was no instant treatment and that he had to wait for his body to make antibodies.
- He believes he breathed in virus‑tainted dust while cleaning his terrace without a mask, a known route from rodent droppings, with symptoms showing two to three weeks later.
- His testimony is resurfacing as the MS Hondius cruise outbreak draws new attention, with reports of three deaths and many infections.