Three passengers have died and three others are ill on a cruise ship in the Atlantic due to a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection. Typically spread by rodents, hantavirus has a mortality rate of around 40% in infected individuals.

Three passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic have died and another three are ill after a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection. Usually spread to humans by rodents, especially through contact with their urine, droppings and saliva, hantavirus results in dead in around 40 percent of cases.