A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has claimed three lives. The 20 British passengers evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived at an isolation facility after their repatriation flight landed in the UK. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that detailed investigations are currently underway into the incident, including extensive laboratory testing and epidemiological studies to understand the virus's spread. Sequencing of the virus from the current outbreak is also ongoing. Hantaviruses, which have been present for centuries, has a documented history of outbreaks across Asia and Europe, but it is rare to pass between humans. In the Eastern Hemisphere, these viruses have been associated with severe conditions such as haemorrhagic fever and kidney failure.…