Around 150 people from 23 countries – including a reported 22 Britons – are on onboard MV Hondius, which is currently docked near Cape Verde. Three people who were onboard the ship, two Dutch nationals and a German national, have died.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), eight cases of hantavirus – three confirmed and five suspected – have so far been identified in people who were onboard the ship, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions.
Three individuals were evacuated on Wednesday morning (6 May) using specialised aircraft and are en route to the Netherlands for treatment, the WHO has confirmed.
