Eighteen Britons are being flown home to the UK after being rescued from the stricken MV Hondius cruise ship.
The vessel has found itself at the mercy of an outbreak of hantavirus, a rat-borne virus that causes respiratory issues, high blood pressure and kidney failure.
While most hantaviruses can’t be transmitted from person-to-person, it has been confirmed that the strain onboard – which has so far claimed three lives – can be passed on this way.
The outbreak of the rare illness on the luxury liner, which set sail from Argentina to Cape Verde in March, has left three people dead and several others
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