Three passengers dead, one case of hantavirus confirmed from Atlantic cruise ship, WHO says

Three people died and at least three others were sickened in a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO said. The ship, the MV Hondius, was reported docked at Praia, Cape Verde, with one case confirmed and multiple suspected cases under investigation. WHO noted evacuation of symptomatic passengers and ongoing sequencing of the virus. Reports from CNN, PBS NewsHour, BBC and The New York Post corroborate three fatalities and several infections; CNN added that one patient was in intensive care in a South African hospital and that two more passengers were being evacuated. Discrepancies concern exact counts and status of the confirmed case.