The World Health Organization said Tuesday it suspected that hantavirus may have spread between people on a cruise ship, with three dead among seven confirmed and suspected cases.
“We do believe that there may be some human-to-human transmission that is happening among the really close contacts,” the WHO’s epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention director Maria Van Kerkhove told reporters. She added that there was a suspicion the person first sickened was infected before boarding the cruise ship currently anchored off Cape Verde.
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