The cruise ship at the the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak faced a new challenge Wednesday as a local leader opposed allowing it to dock in Spain, while authorities confirmed the Andes strain, which can be spread among people, was identified in passengers
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Three suspected hantavirus case patients are evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship on Wednesday.
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Cape Verdean police officers stand guard as crew members of an ambulance boat getting in hazmat suites preparing to head to the cruise ship MV Hondius on Wednesday.
The cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has been refused permission to dock, with 149 people still on board โ two of them seriously ill