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

Almost 150 people remained on the cruise ship after the deaths of three passengers. The risk to the public is low, World Health Organization says.

A cruise ship with 150 people is stranded near Cape Verde amid a suspected hantavirus outbreak, awaiting urgent medical assistance.

Three people have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Leaving the WHO means the U.S. lacks access to necessary information about infectious disease.

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.

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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 virus usually spreads by contact with the urine or feces of infected rodents like rats and mice. It can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung infection.

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

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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.

Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.

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.