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Passenger on hantavirus-stricken cruise shares his fear as 2 sick crew members await evacuation

Business Insider·Tracy Connor·about 1 month ago
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AFP via Getty Images Six suspected cases of hantavirus have been linked to Oceanwide Expeditions' MV Hondius cruise. Three passengers have died, one is in the ICU, and two crew members are ill. Passenger Jake Rosemarin took to Instagram to share his fears. The operator of the cruise ship stricken by a hantavirus outbreak said Monday that it is preparing to evacuate two ill crew members and then find a port where the rest of the people on board can be screened. "Oceanwide Expeditions is still dealing with a serious medical situation on board the m/v Hondius, which is currently off the coast of Cape Verde," the company said in a statement on its website. The World Health Organization said there is one confirmed case of the deadly rodent-borne respiratory sickness linked to the Hondius — a British national being treated in the intensive care unit of a Johannesburg hospital. There are five other suspected cases: the two crew members and three passengers who died.…

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