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Olivia Le Poidevin

Hantavirus cruise outbreak rises with new case in Spain

The number of cases of hantavirus ‌linked to a cruise ship at the ‌centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, ‌the head of the World Health Organization says.

"Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which ‌brings the ‌total ⁠number of cases to 13," ​WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X on Wednesday.

Among them three died, but there had been no new deaths since May ⁠2, he said.

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