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CDC steps in: The CDC deployed teams to Spain’s Canary Islands and Nebraska after elevating the hantavirus outbreak to a Level 3 emergency. Deaths and infections: Three passengers have died and multiple infections are linked to the MV Hondius, which ...
Once the MV Hondius anchored near Tenerife, passengers started disembarking in small groups to begin their quarantines.
A norovirus outbreak on the Caribbean Princess cruise ship is likely what caused more than 100 passengers to become sick this past week, the CDC reports. (AP Photo)
Also this morning, a cluster of hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has left three people dead and several others seriously ill, prompting an alert from the World Health Organization and raising questions about how a rare rodent-borne disease might spread in such an unusual setting.