Three passengers have died, one is in intensive care in a South African hospital, and three others were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean, stopping at or near remote islands on the way as passengers and crew members fell sick, according to information from the cruise operator, the World Health Organization and ship tracking data.
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