Experts have confirmed the version of the virus detected aboard the ship was the rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.

Three patients were evacuated from a cruise ship off Cape Verde on Wednesday amid a hantavirus outbreak, as a new case was confirmed in Switzerland.

Three patients were evacuated from a cruise ship off Cape Verde on Wednesday amid a hantavirus outbreak, as a new case was confirmed in Switzerland.

May 6 (UPI) -- Three ill people on board a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak were medically evacuated from the vessel Wednesday, the World Health Organization said.

PRAIA, Cape Verde: Emergency crews on Wednesday (May 6) evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the UN's health agency said, as experts confirmed it to be a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.Two sick crew members and one other person who had been in

PRAIA, Cape Verde: Emergency crews on Wednesday (May 6) evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the UN's health agency said, as experts confirmed it to be a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.Two sick crew members and one other person who had been in

Three people infected with hantavirus are being taken off a cruise ship stricken by the deadly disease while the ship was anchored off the coast of Cape Verde, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.…

At least three people who had been onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship and contracted the hantavirus were evacuated by plane to Europe on Wednesday. While one of the two aircraft was forced to land in…