WHO confirms five hantavirus cases linked to an Atlantic cruise ship outbreak, warns of potential for more infections.

A cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak departed Praia, Cape Verde, on Wednesday with nearly 150 passengers and crew on board, continuing its journey toward Spain’s Canary Islands as health authorities raced to contain the spread of the disease.

Experts say that a surge of hantavirus cases in Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise ship set sail, is in part due to climate change. The World Health Organization ranks the South American country…

Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 29 passengers disembarked from one of its cruise ships hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24.

Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.

The European Commission said there is currently no indication of a broader public health threat linked to the hantavirus cases connected to the cruise ship MV Hondius, stressing that the situation is being closely monitored at the European level. Commission spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen stated that, at this stage, there is no reason for concern regarding the spread of the virus within the European Union.