• Medical teams are evacuating two people with symptoms of hantavirus from the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius off Cape Verde.
  • About 150 people remain on board after three people (a Dutch couple and a German national) died.
  • The Dutch RIVM confirmed hantavirus in one patient; the deceased Dutch woman also tested positive.
  • Hantavirus is transmitted by inhaling particles from rodent excrement and can cause fatal respiratory disease.
  • WHO identified seven cases on the ship, including two confirmed, but considers the public risk low.
  • Cape Verde authorities did not allow the ship to dock as a precaution.

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