There’s good and bad news on the hantavirus cruise ship front. As of Wednesday morning, health officials have finally identified the exact species of hantavirus responsible for the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius . Additionally, three people suspected of having the disease have been medically evacuated—including the ship’s doctor. On the more negative side, however, a French citizen may have contracted the virus from a flight they shared with an infected Hondius passenger—seemingly the first case transmitted person-to-person outside the ship. The patients “ are on their way to receive medical care in the Netherlands in coordination with WHO, the ship’s operator and national authorities from Cabo Verde, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. A known species and new cases Health officials in South Africa were the first to identify the species, the Andes virus.…