The stewardess on a flight that a hantavirus-infected cruise passenger tried to board before dying a day later is now feared to have caught the fatal disease.
It comes as a guest still stuck on the MV Hondius has revealed that social distancing has only been in place for three days, with staff organising a ‘big barbecue as if nothing had happened’, despite the deadly rat-borne virus.
Three people have died after becoming infected with the hantavirus on the vessel, currently on its way to the Canary Islands to evacuate passengers after being stranded for days in Cape Verde.
The evacuation of the remaining 146
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