Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship off Cape Verde leads to deaths, evacuations and docking in Spain
A luxury cruise ship stranded off Cape Verde experienced a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives, according to Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera, while the WHO confirmed two cases and suspected five additional infections. France 24 reported that evacuation of around 150 passengers was planned and that the WHO warned of possible human‑to‑human transmission but said the risk to the wider public remained low. Deutsche Welle and France 24 later noted that Spain agreed to let the vessel dock in the Canary Islands for medical care, whereas the initial reports focused on the ship being refused permission to dock. The differing accounts mainly concern the exact number of confirmed cases and the timeline of the ship’s docking decision.