A worldwide hunt is underway for passengers who escaped the disease–struck MV Hondius after it was plagued by a rat–borne virus.
Questions have been raised over the symptoms of the deadly hantavirus variant, how contagious it is – and even whether it can be caught at a cruise ship buffet.
Here we answer some of the most pressing thoughts on the minds of people across the world following the death of three passengers on the luxury boat as it travelled from the Argentinian city of Ushuaia towards Cape Verde in Africa.
More than 20 Britons on board the doomed cruise ship will be
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