00:02Three people are dead after a suspected outbreak of a rare virus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic.
00:08Health officials tell the Associated Press it's likely Hantavirus, a disease usually linked to rodents, not cruise ships.
00:16The case has happened aboard the MV Hondias, which had about 150 passengers on about a seven-week voyage from
00:23South America to Europe.
00:25An elderly couple is among the three people killed.
00:28Another patient is in intensive care.
00:30At least a few others are showing symptoms, and the World Health Organization is now investigating.
00:36Hantavirus typically spreads through contact with rodent droppings or urine.
00:40And while it's rare, it can turn deadly, causing severe lung infection.
00:45What's unusual here, experts say this is not something you normally see on cruise ships,
00:50and they're still trying to figure out exactly how it spread.
00:53Contact tracing is underway.
00:58www.hantavirus.com
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