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WHO Zeros in on Cruise Ship Hantavirus Cluster With Passengers Stuck on Board
The WHO says the risk to the global population from this outbreak is low.
Health personnel assisting patients onto a boat from the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 6.
Source: AFP/Getty ImagesPRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections were flown to the Netherlands on Wednesday for treatment.
Three people have died and one body is still on the Dutch ship at the center of the outbreak, the MV Hondius, which is now heading for Spain’s Canary Islands. The patients were evacuated via the Cape Verde islands off West Africa.