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Three dead from suspected outbreak of hantavirus on Atlantic cruise ship

Three dead from suspected outbreak of hantavirus on Atlantic cruise ship

South Africa’s health ministry confirmed that one of the infected patients, now in intensive care in Johannesburg, tested positive for hantavirus — a rare but potentially deadly disease typically spread through contact with infected rodents.

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