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Two dead after respiratory illness outbreak on cruise ship in atlantic

South Africa’s health ministry confirmed that one of the infected patients, now in intensive care in Johannesburg, tested positive for hantavirus — a rare but potentially deadly disease typically spread through contact with infected rodents.

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00:00An outbreak of severe respiratory illness aboard the cruise ship MV Angios in the Atlantic Ocean has left two people
00:07dead and a third critically ill.
00:09South African health authorities said on Sunday as international health agencies launched an investigation.
00:14The vessel operated by ocean-wide expedition was sailing from Ushuaia to Praia when the cases were reported.
00:22The ship, which carried around 170 passengers and 70 crew, had recently passed through remote South Atlantic islands, including South
00:32Georgia and St. Helena.
00:35South Africa's health ministry confirmed that one of the infected patients now in intensive care in Johannesburg tested positive to
00:43antivirus,
00:44a rare but potentially deadly disease typically spread through contact with infected rodents.
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