Two Irish passengers on board of suspected hantavirus cruise ship

Officials say they will not authorise docking ‘to protect public health’ after deaths of three passengers

The hantavirus is suspected of killing three people, including a married couple from the Netherlands, sickening at least two others on the ship and sending a 69-year-old British tourist to intensive care in South Africa

Two Irish people are confirmed to be on board a cruise ship experiencing a suspected Hantavirus outbreak.

The hantavirus is suspected of killing three people, including a married couple from the Netherlands, sickening at least two others on the ship and sending a 69-year-old British tourist to intensive care in South Africa.