Hantavirus outbreak leaves cruise stranded off Cape Verde

An Atlantic cruise ship, MV Hondius, is at the center of a hantavirus outbreak off Cape Verde with seven cases (three dead) among about 150 passengers and crew; two urgent evacuees are being flown to the Netherlands and the ship plans further evacuations and a voyage to the Canary Islands, while WHO investigates possible human-to-human transmission and Cape Verde enforces safety measures as passengers isolate in cabins.