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 properly implemented.

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 World Health Organization said the risk to the wider public was low but added that limited human-to-human transmission had been reported in some strains of 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.

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 World Health Organization highlighted that three cases were confirmed as laboratory-detected hantavirus infections

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

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.

The MV Hondius, the cruise ship stricken with a hantavirus outbreak, is evacuating its nearly 150 passengers in the Spanish island Tenerife on Sunday.