Can someone get hantavirus infection anywhere?

Yes: This viral infection follows exposure to rodents which carry it, and rodents have a world-wide distribution. Most frequently acquired by exposure to rodent feces, but there have been some cases of human to human transmission. This was first described in korea in the hantan valley, therefore its name.

Hantavirus: In the United States, 20–40 hantavirus cases are reported annually. With possibly 150,000 to 200,000 cases worldwide annually, more than half of these are in China.