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WHO says three of the six travelers who fell ill with the suspected rodent-transmitted virus have died, and one is in intensive care.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published on 3 May 2026<\/span>3 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, at least one of whom has been confirmed to be suffering from hantavirus, a rare disease spread from rats to humans.<\/p>\n Health officials are now investigating a suspected outbreak of the virus on the MV Hondius, which is sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n The World Health Organization said in a statement on Sunday that one case had been confirmed and at least five other travelers were suspected of being infected.<\/p>\n “Of the six affected individuals, three have died, and one is currently in intensive care in South Africa,” WHO said in a statement.<\/p>\n “A detailed investigation is ongoing, including further laboratory testing and epidemiological investigation. Passengers and crew are being provided medical care and support. Sequencing of the virus is also ongoing.”<\/p>\n WHO said it was “facilitating coordination” between countries to evacuate two other passengers who showed symptoms of infection.<\/p>\n Hantavirus, a rare disease spread to humans through the feces or urine of infected rodents, can be fatal in severe cases and cause hemorrhagic fever.<\/p>\n South Africa’s national health department said earlier on Sunday that an outbreak of “severe acute respiratory illness” has killed at least two people, and a third person is in intensive care in Johannesburg, according to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n Ministry spokesperson Foster Mohale confirmed that the patient undergoing treatment in Johannesburg has tested positive for hantavirus.<\/p>\n A 70-year-old man first developed symptoms. The spokesman said he died on board the ship, with his body now being held on the island of St Helena, a British territory in the South Atlantic.<\/p>\n The patient’s 69-year-old wife also fell ill and was flown to South Africa, where she died in a Johannesburg hospital, he said.<\/p>\n Mohale told AFP that authorities had not confirmed the nationalities of the dead. But AFP described the man in intensive care as a 69-year-old Briton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHO says three of the six travelers who fell ill with the suspected rodent-transmitted virus have died, and one is in intensive care. Published on 3 May 20263 May 2026 Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, at least one of whom has been confirmed to be suffering from hantavirus, a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[6334,2630,435,28087,667,615,1650,3061,269],"class_list":{"0":"post-116992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-atlantic","9":"tag-cruise","10":"tag-dead","11":"tag-hantavirus","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-outbreak","15":"tag-ship","16":"tag-suspected"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116994,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116992\/revisions\/116994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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