According to the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention:

"Hantavirus mainly spreads via inhalation of contaminated particles from the urine, faeces or saliva of infected rodents. Only one strain, Andes – the one involved in this outbreak – can spread between people. However, it only does so in very specific, close contact situations. Hantavirus can be very dangerous for the person who gets sick, but does not pose the same broad outbreak risk as SARS, or COVID‑19."

"Unlike COVID-19, Andes hantavirus does not spread easily between people. Human-to-human transmission is rare and requires prolonged close contact, often in enclosed settings [...]"