Hantavirus-hit cruise ship on way to Spain as rare Andes strain confirmed | ABC NEWS
The MV Hondius is heading towards the Canary Islands after being marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde, west of Senegal.
There are eight cases now believed to be linked to the ship’s deadly hantavirus outbreak, five of those cases have been confirmed through lab tests.
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