PRAIA, Cape Verde: Emergency crews on Wednesday (May 6) evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the UN's health agency said, as experts confirmed it to be a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.Two sick crew members and one other person who had been in

The Spanish health minister said the ship will arrive at Granadilla “within three days”.

Three patients were evacuated from a cruise ship off Cape Verde on Wednesday amid a hantavirus outbreak, as a new case was confirmed in Switzerland.

The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has rejected the Spanish government’s decision to dock the cruise ship infected with hantavirus outbreak in the islands. In an interview...

May 6 (UPI) -- Three ill people on board a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak were medically evacuated from the vessel Wednesday, the World Health Organization said.

They do not have symptoms but contacted health officials after being on the MV Hondius cruise ship struck by the outbreak.

Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said. The vessel at the center of a deadly outbreak

The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck of the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain’s Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a strain of the virus…

Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak, the U.N. health agency said. The ship departed Cape Verde wi

Spain has given the green light for the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock on the island of Tenerife. However, officials in the Canary Islands have objected to the move. DW has the latest.

Cape Verde says it's getting ready to offer further medical assistance to the Dutch cruise ship moored off its coast as it battles a suspected outbreak of hantavirus. The Canary Islands on Wednesday rejected a Spanish proposal to allow the boat to dock there, citing public health concerns.

Cape Verde says it's getting ready to offer further medical assistance to the Dutch cruise ship moored off its coast as it battles a suspected outbreak of hantavirus. The Canary Islands on Wednesday rejected a Spanish proposal to allow the boat to dock there, citing public health concerns.

GENEVA (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck off the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain’s Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a strain of the virus that can […]

A Swiss man who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus strain and been isolated, officials confirmed.

A Swiss man who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus strain and been isolated, officials confirmed.

May 6 - Three people have died in an outbreak of hantavirus aboard a luxury cruise ship, with another five confirmed or suspected cases reported, but the World Health Organization has said the wider threat to public health remains low. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cape Verde has set up an isolation area and a multidisciplinary team in case passengers or crew of the Hondius cruise ship need assistance, following three deaths on board associated with acute respiratory syndrome, the government announced.

Argentina officials say a Dutch couple may have contracted hantavirus at a landfill in Ushuaia before boarding a cruise ship that saw three deaths.

Argentina officials say a Dutch couple may have contracted hantavirus at a landfill in Ushuaia before boarding a cruise ship that saw three deaths.

Regional President Fernando Clavijo wants an “urgent meeting” with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as MV Hondius heads for Spanish archipelago.

Two individuals aboard the cruise ship Hondius tested positive for hantavirus and were carrying the Andes variant, according to South Africa’s health authorities. Officials noted that, unlike many other strains, this version of the virus can spread between people when they are in close proximity.A woman from the Netherlands later died after becoming sick aboard the vessel, while a British passenger who also fell ill was hospitalized in South Africa and remains in intensive care. Details about the Andes strain were presented to parliament on Wednesday.

Two individuals aboard the cruise ship Hondius tested positive for hantavirus and were carrying the Andes variant, according to South Africa’s health authorities. Officials noted that, unlike many other strains, this version of the virus can spread between people when they are in close proximity.A woman from the Netherlands later died after becoming sick aboard the vessel, while a British passenger who also fell ill was hospitalized in South Africa and remains in intensive care. Details about the Andes strain were presented to parliament on Wednesday.

A hantavirus-infected cruise ship will dock in Tenerife in three days, prompting health assessments amid regional government opposition.