Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship ‘very different’ from covid-19, expert says
Health personnel assisting patients onto a boat from the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. Picture: AFP via Getty Images
A consultant in infectious diseases has said people need reassurance that the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship which departed from Argentina is not comparable to covid-19.
Two Irish nationals, including a woman from Cork, are among the passengers aboard the MV Hondius, which is currently en route to the Canary Islands following the deaths of several passengers linked to hantavirus.
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