WHO says a total of seven hantavirus cases identified on cruise ship MV Hondius so far

The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius departed Cape Verde for Tenerife on Wednesday, as authorities rush to trace anyone who may have come into contact with the virus.

Three passengers have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus ripped through an Atlantic Ocean cruise ship, the MV Hondius. Hantavirus infections, which are usually spread…

Spain's health ministry said the MV Hondius is expected to arrive within three to four days.

Swiss authorities confirmed the third Hantavirus case linked to the Hondius cruise ship outbreak—a man who sailed onboard in April—as the vessel is set to sail to the Canary…

WHO says a total of seven hantavirus cases identified on cruise ship MV Hondius so far

The president of the Canary Islands said he was opposed to allowing the ship to dock in Tenerife and requested an urgent meeting with the prime minister.

The public health risk for hantavirus in the rest of the world remains low, the World Health Organization said.

Leader of Canary Islands government says healthy passengers could leave ship in Cape Verde; Briton, Dutch and German evacuated

Three people have died and several others have been medically evacuated after the outbreak of a deadly hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian…

The ship's doctor is among those believed to be infected. The ship itself is headed to Spain.

The Andes strain, which can be transmitted between humans via droplets of saliva, was identified on Wednesday through sequencing in three patients who had traveled aboard the MV…

A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will reach the Spanish island of Tenerife "within three days", with the evacuation of passengers to start from May 11, Spain said…

The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

As the remaining passengers head for the Canary Islands we look at how the virus spreads and what is being done

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have been linked to the boat, which sailed from southern Argentina

The WHO said it expected the outbreak on the MV Hondius, currently sailing from Cape Verde to the Spanish island of Tenerife, to be limited, so long as public health measures were…

More than a dozen countries have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, as the WHO confirms five cases of the disease. Alex Croft reports

Countries are preparing to manage 140 people on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

Some on the Spanish island worry that the imminent arrival of the MV Hondius could pose a health risk.