The vessel involved is the MV Hondius — currently off the coast of Cape Verde — according to the ship’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions BV. As of late Sunday local time, Cape Verdean authorities hadn’t yet approved requests to allow sick passengers to disembark or to carry out broader medical screening, the company said in a statement on its website.
(May 4): Three people have died and one is in intensive care in South Africa after a cluster of hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday.
One case has been confirmed by laboratory testing and five others are suspected, the Geneva-based United Nations agency said in a statement posted on X. Two crew members on board also require urgent medical care.
