Cruise ship off Cape Verde stranded amid suspected hantavirus outbreak that kills 1 in 3, WHO reports. The vessel had stopped at several remote islands before the call for help came in early May.
A cruise ship off Cape Verde was stranded after passengers were suspected of infection with a deadly hantavirus strain that kills about one in three victims. The vessel had stopped at several remote islands, and the World Health Organization was notified.
Quick reaction
One tap helps tune what we surface next.
Reader discussion
Public commentsNo comments yet. Start the discussion around this signal.
Follow this signal
Get updates on this story
We will email you if this changes materially. No spam. Daily brief optional.
Map context
Open map near Cape Verde
Keep the story in context with nearby live signals, countries, and category movement.
Related coverage
Hubs
Briefings
More story pages
WHO chief Tedros calls Ebola outbreak in DR Congo 'deeply worrisome,' warns true scale likely far greater than confirmed cases
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday called the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo 'deeply worrisome' and warned that the scale of the epidemic is likely far greater than confirmed figures suggest.
UN warns women and girls face highest risk of Ebola infection in DR Congo, Uganda outbreak due to caregiving roles.
The UN has warned that women and girls face the highest risk of Ebola infection during the current outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda due to their caregiving and frontline roles.
WHO chief: Ebola risk assessment revised to 'very high' at national level, high regionally, low globally.
WHO chief is revising the Ebola risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.
More live signals
Continue with the live feed.
The fastest nearby updates load from the public feed, not the enriched story endpoint.