Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC.
One case has been confirmed, with five suspected cases under investigation, it said. One British national aged 69 is in intensive care in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hantavirus is usually passed to humans from rodents via their urine or faeces. It can cause severe respiratory illness. Rarely, it can be transmitted between people.
I’ve never not gotten sick on a cruise ship.
These stories have appeared almost every year of my life
It used to be legionnaires disease
Did it try to conquer Gaul?
How many cruise ships have you gotten on?
Three. Fool me once, yadda yadda.
But I’ve got family that love them, so it’s periodically “if you want to hang out with your nieces then you’re doing it on a big boat headed to Cozumel”
Stop licking all the door knobs then. I was fine on my last one, they even provided hand sanitizer before eating which was nice.
That’s the worst apéritif I’ve ever heard of.