Three of six passengers ill from a suspected rodent-transmitted virus have died, and one is in intensive care, WHO says.
Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the WHO said Sunday, one a confirmed case of hantavirus – an illness usually transmitted to humans from rodents. The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cabo Verde, formerly known as Cape Verde. “To date, one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed, and there are five additional suspected cases,” the WHO told Agence France-Presse. “Of the six affected individuals, three have died...
The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation.