The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is aware of a New Zealander on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is experiencing a...

The outbreak of hantavirus, a rare pathogen, has been tied to seven people on the cruise ship so far, according to the WHO, with two confirmed cases and five suspected ones. Three people have died.

PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — The nearly 150 people aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Cape Verde have been mostly confined to their cabins, according to footage obtained by The Associated Press, after three passengers died and at least four others were left ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak. The MV Hondius, a […]

Two Irish passengers are among the 149 people on the MV Hondius.

Two Irish passengers are among the 149 people on the MV Hondius.

The nearly 150 people aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Cape Verde have been mostly confined to their cabins, according to footage obtained by The Associated Press, after three passengers died and

There is no vaccine or cure for the deadly virus, Massey University professor David Hayman says.

The World Health Organization said there are now seven cases linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, including two confirmed infections and five suspected cases. It also confirmed that the Dutch woman who died in a Johannesburg hospital after becoming ill aboard the ship tested positive for hantavirus. She had previously been listed among suspected cases.

The WHO says rare human-to-human hantavirus transmission may have occurred aboard a cruise ship where three passengers died and four were sickened.

Two cases of hantavirus have been confirmed after cruise ship deaths in which three people died and another was left seriously ill. The outbreak occurred on a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic...