Cruise ship evacuates hantavirus patients as WHO investigates human transmission

Three passengers have died from suspected hantavirus infection; one British passenger is critically ill in intensive care; multiple crew and passengers remain isolated with suspected cases.

Off the coast of Cape Verde, a rare and deadly virus has turned an expedition cruise into a vessel of grief and uncertainty. Three passengers have died and others remain critically ill aboard the MV Hondius, where health authorities now suspect the Andes virus — a strain of hantavirus capable, in rare circumstances, of passing between human beings — may have crossed an ocean hidden within travelers returning from South America. As the ship waits at anchor, refused entry to port, the outbreak reminds us how swiftly the boundaries between remote wilderness and shared human space can dissolve.

Cruise ship evacuates hantavirus patients as WHO investigates human transmission

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