It is, but it's not new, it's been around for a while in South America. It's the Andes one, the only one that's transmissible man-to-man. Since all the cases are related to one identified outbreak, the people who may have come in contact with the virus can be traced. So far I haven't heard any specialist saying we're at risk of a pandemic.
If you want real, factual information about the outbreak, I suggest going on the WHO's website.

is the new virus really real ? hanta virus i think ?