Health Officials Race to Track Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak but Predict ‘Limited’ Spread

Scritto il 07/05/2026
da Claire Moses, Aimee Ortiz and Rylee Kirk

A Dutch flight attendant and French national were among the latest to be tested in connection with a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. But an analysis in South Africa showed no mutations in viral samples.An ambulance during an evacuation of suspected hantavirus patients, in Praia, Cape Verde, on Wednesday.