Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

The new 196-passenger polar class expedition vessel  HondiusThree people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The World Heath Organisation (WHO) reported one confirmed and five suspected cases aboard the MV Hondius ship, which was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde.

A 69-year-old UK national is also in intensive care in Johannesburg, South Africa. Local officials told the BBC he had the virus.

Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship



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