
French Woman Critically Ill with Hantavirus
A French woman infected with hantavirus on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

A French woman infected with hantavirus on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

A French woman infected with hantavirus on a cruise ship is critically ill, with severe lung and heart problems, and is being treated with an artificial lung.

Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak before it got marooned off the coast of Cabo Verde, to prevent further spread of the disease. Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius. Eight people, including a Swiss citizen, were suspected to have contracted the virus, according to the World Health Organization. The vessel’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said 29 passengers...

Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak before it got marooned off the coast of Cabo Verde, to prevent further spread of the disease. Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius. Eight people, including a Swiss citizen, were suspected to have contracted the virus, according to the World Health Organization. The vessel’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said 29 passengers...

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it suspects some rare human-to-human transmission of the deadly hantavirus took place between very close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected cases. Human-to-human transmission is not common, and the UN health agency reiterated that the risk to the wider public was low from a disease typically spread from contact with infected rodents. A Dutch couple and a German national have died, while a British national...

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it suspects some rare human-to-human transmission of the deadly hantavirus took place between very close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected cases. Human-to-human transmission is not common, and the UN health agency reiterated that the risk to the wider public was low from a disease typically spread from contact with infected rodents. A Dutch couple and a German national have died, while a British national...

The operator of the MV Hondius ship says a Dutch couple and a German national have died.