Three Dead in Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship
Three passengers have died from a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of the six passengers who fell ill, one remains in intensive care. Hantavirus is a rare but serious respiratory disease transmitted by rodents.
Three of six passengers ill from a suspected rodent-transmitted virus have died, and one is in intensive care, WHO says.