Cruise ship with hantavirus leaves Cape Verde and heads for the Canaries

The cruise liner where a hantavirus outbreak occurred has left Cape Verde after the evacuation of three people, BBC reports, according to UNN.

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Two people in serious condition, evacuated from a cruise liner with a confirmed outbreak of the deadly hantavirus, have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions said.

A third passenger in stable condition was on board the evacuation flight, which had been delayed, the operator added.

The MV Hondius is now sailing to Spain's Canary Islands after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, an archipelago off the coast of West Africa.

The vessel reportedly set off for the Canary Islands on Wednesday.

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The three evacuees were British, Dutch, and German. Oceanwide Expeditions stated that the German evacuee was "closely linked" to a German woman who died on board the vessel on May 2.

Three people who were on board the vessel have died since it departed from Argentina a month ago.

Meanwhile, two US states confirmed to the BBC that they are monitoring three passengers who returned to the US after an earlier disembarkation. Currently, all are asymptomatic.

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According to Oceanwide Expeditions, 146 people from 23 different countries remain on board the MV Hondius, following "strict precautionary measures."

In its latest update, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that eight cases of hantavirus have been identified among people who were on the ship—three confirmed and five suspected.