Australia news live: four Australians among passengers on luxury cruise ship hit by deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak
Four Australians are among passengers stranded on a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Cape Verde due to a suspected hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people and left others seriously ill. The outbreak has led to multiple evacuations and the isolation of nearly 150 people from various nationalities on board. Local authorities have not yet allowed those on the ship to disembark while the situation remains under assessment.
- ▪Three people have died from a suspected hantavirus infection on the cruise ship, including a Dutch man, a British man, and a German passenger.
- ▪A British man was evacuated to Johannesburg and is critically ill with a confirmed hantavirus infection.
- ▪The cruise ship, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, is stranded off Cape Verde with 149 people on board from 23 nationalities, including four Australians.
- ▪Two crew members, one British and one Dutch, remain on board with acute respiratory symptoms.
- ▪Local authorities have not permitted passengers or crew to leave the vessel pending further evaluation.
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16.39 EDTFour Australians on cruise ship with suspected hantavirus outbreakFour Australians are stuck on a luxury cruise ship stranded off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected outbreak of a rare respiratory virus killed three people, left three others seriously ill and forced nearly 150 people from across the world to isolate onboard.You can read the full story here:Scramble to evacuate two people from cruise ship amid suspected hantavirus outbreakRead moreIn a press release overnight, the cruise line Oceanwide Expeditions revealed the nationality of those affected.The medical situation began on 11 April when a Dutch man died on board.
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