The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday that three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, one of whom was confirmed to be infected with the hantavirus.
- Hantavirus infection was laboratory confirmed in one of the dead.
- The World Health Organization registers five more suspected cases of hantavirus infection.
- Of the six people affected, three died within a short period of time.
- One of the affected persons is in the intensive care unit.
- Three people died suddenly on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
“To date, one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed and there are five other suspected cases of this infection,” said the WHO for the AFP news agency.
“Of the six people affected, three have died and one is currently in intensive care in South Africa,” WHO added in a statement.
