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Evening Standard
Health
Ellie Ng

Briton treated in South Africa after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise

The MV Hondius anchored off Praia, Cape Verde (Arilson Almeida/AP) - (AP)

A British tourist is being treated in hospital in South Africa following a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing through the Atlantic Ocean, according to the country’s Department of Health.

Three people have died and at least three others are ill, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement to The Associated Press.

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