This looks like a case of 'journalist doesn't understand what the scientist is saying'.
They're not saying it's a rodent virus, and certainly not saying it's transmitted by rodents.
They're saying that the virus is of the same TYPE as viruses that normally infect rodents. Could it be found in rodents? That's not yet known.
The virus is new to science, they don't know how it's transmitted yet.
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