Officials in Cape Verde have refused docking for a cruise ship suspected of harboring a hantavirus outbreak, following the deaths of three passengers. Health officials are investigating the rare respiratory virus, which is primarily found in rodents.

<p>Officials say they will not authorise docking ‘to protect public health’ after deaths of three passengers </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/what-is-hantavirus-the-infection-that-has-killed-three-people-on-a-cruise-ship">What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?</a></p></li></ul><p>Officials in Cape Verde have said they will not allow a cruise ship believed to be harbouring an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus to doc...