At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality

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.

The United National health agency added that there are five other suspected cases and that further investigations are ongoing.

Three passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius have died due to an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare illness transmitted by rodents

Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.

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…

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

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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…

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The finding could further complicate contact tracing efforts, although health authorities have said there is no immediate danger to the wider public.

A 69-year-old woman who later died in South Africa is among those who left MV Hondius at St Helena.

Three passengers have died in the outbreak, and several others are sick.

Three passengers have died in the outbreak, and several others are sick.

At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality

The operator of a cruise ship said 29 people disembarked from the vessel in Saint Helena after a suspected hantavirus outbreak began.

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…

About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.

The World Health Organization says Hondius passengers will disembark in groups in Tenerife, Spain, before taking flights home amid hantavirus outbreak.