Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship
Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with symptoms of the deadly hantavirus after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off Cape Verde, which has left around 150 stuck on board the vessel with the ship refused permission to dock.
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