Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa
Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic.
One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday.
Of the six people affected, three had died and one is in intensive care in South Africa, the WHO added. Two of those who died were a husband and wife aged 70 and 69.
The person in intensive care is a 69-year-old British national, according to the BBC.
