Expert warns:
Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak may pose wider threat
New NYT report raises concerns that the Andes strain of hantavirus could spread through airborne transmission and asymptomatic carriers.
New NYT report raises concerns that the Andes strain of hantavirus could spread through airborne transmission and asymptomatic carriers.

Health authorities worldwide race against time to locate dozens of potential carriers of deadly hantavirus.

The Dutch cruise ship whose three passengers died from an outbreak of a deadly virus will dock off the Canary Islands. Passengers will be rigorously screened and transferred for treatment.

Three people die following a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic, the World Health Organization confirms.
