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Three dead in hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship from Ushuaia bound for Cape Verde
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Three dead in hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship from Ushuaia bound for Cape Verde

MercoPress · May 4, 2026, 1:45 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three deaths on Sunday aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius from a hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically transmitted through rodents. The vessel, operated by the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, had set sail from the port of Ushuaia, in Argenti

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