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Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship
A luxury cruise ship is struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak with multiple deaths and suspected human-to-human transmission—a rare occurrence for the virus. The ship remains stranded as multiple countries coordinate evacuation and medical response.
Sources
- Deadly Hantavirus may have spread between humans on luxury cruise, but risk is low: WHO
- Spain to receive hantavirus-hit ship in Canary Islands
- What is Hantavirus?
- Two hantavirus cases confirmed, five more suspected on stranded cruise ship
- Human-to-human transmission suspected in deadly hantavirus outbreak
- Plans underway to evacuate 2 passengers from cruise ship struck by hantavirus
- Race to find port for cruise ship battling deadly rodent virus
- Expert: ‘Unlikely’ cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated in Ushuaia