Irish passengers on virus-hit cruise safe and well, says Helen McEntee

The MV Hondius cruise ship anchored at a port near Cape Verde on Wednesday. Picture: Misper Apawu/AP

Two Irish people on board a virus-hit cruise ship are “safe and well”, according to foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee.

Three people in total have died linked to an outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius.