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Three Dead, Others Sickened in Outbreak of Rare Disease Aboard Cruise Ship

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NPRAMay 5, 5:49 AM

Cruise ship waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus.

CBS NewsBMay 5, 1:53 AM

3 dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

An apparent hantavirus outbreak has killed three people on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. CBS News' Tom Hanson and Dr. Céline Gounder have more.

The GuardianAMay 5, 1:52 AM

British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship? A British

New York TimesAMay 5, 10:57 AM

What to Know About the Hantavirus Outbreak on an Atlantic Cruise Ship

Three passengers of the MV Hondius died after showing symptoms of the rare disease. Health authorities confirmed two cases and are investigating five others.

New York TimesAMay 5, 10:23 AM

Cruise Ship Struck by Hantavirus Remains at Sea

Passengers on the MV Hondius have not received permission from the authorities in Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, to disembark. Three people have died and at least three others were ill.

NBC NewsBMay 4, 10:46 PM

Passengers trapped on board cruise ship amid virus outbreak

Tonight, passengers are trapped on a cruise ship off the coast of Africa because of a suspected Hantavirus outbreak that’s left three people dead, one in intensive care, and three more requiring ‘urge

CBS NewsBMay 5, 10:57 AM

Spain to "welcome" hantavirus cruise ship as dead passenger's contacts traced

The World Health Organization says there may be some ongoing human-to-human transmission aboard the ship, as it prepares to medically evacuate two passengers.

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