{"id":95227,"date":"2026-05-12T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=95227"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:30:39","slug":"false-hantavirus-poster-circulating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/false-hantavirus-poster-circulating\/","title":{"rendered":"False hantavirus poster circulating"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"95227\" class=\"elementor elementor-95227\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620ded3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"620ded3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60527a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60527a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/span> notes the circulation of a poster claiming that a case of Hantavirus has been confirmed at the University in Kimberley.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The University confirms that this poster is fake news\u00a0and was not issued by Sol Plaatje University or any authorised University official. Members of the University community and the public are urged not to circulate unverified information.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any official health, safety or campus-related communication will be shared through the University\u2019s authorised communication channels.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Issued by Sol Plaatje University<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sol Plaatje University notes the circulation of a poster claiming that a case of Hantavirus has been confirmed at the University in Kimberley. 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