The World Health Organization reported three fatalities from a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which traveled from Argentina to Cape Verde. One case has been laboratory confirmed, with five others suspected among the six affected individuals.

Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the WHO said Sunday, one a confirmed case of hantavirus – an illness usually transmitted to humans from rodents. The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cabo Verde, formerly known as Cape Verde. “To date, one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed, and there are five additional suspected cases,” the WHO told Agence France-Presse. “Of the six affected individuals, three have died....