The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) said on Monday that the risk to the general public was “low” from the outbreak of deadly hantavirus aboard a cruise ship currently isolated off the coast of West Africa.
The Dutch-flagged cruise ship Hondius departed Argentina for the Canary Islands three weeks ago, with 88 passengers and 59 crew aboard. Early in its voyage, several of the passengers and crew became sick with hantavirus, a disease that normally spreads through rodent droppings rather than human-to-human contact.
Hantaviruses attack the lungs or kidneys and can cause death through respiratory failure. There are no known vaccinations or…
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