• Eight cases of hantavirus, including three deaths, have been confirmed on the cruise ship MV Hondius.
  • The ship with 147 passengers and crew is sailing to the Canary Islands with Spanish assistance.
  • WHO experts are developing procedures for safe disembarkation of remaining passengers.
  • The virus is Andes hantavirus, transmitted from rodents and not easily spread among humans.
  • Health authorities emphasize that the risk to the general public is extremely low.

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