{"id":218480,"date":"2026-05-03T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/218480\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:05:10","slug":"3-dead-in-hantavirus-outbreak-aboard-cruise-ship-w-h-o-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/218480\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship, W.H.O. Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three people have died aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean after a suspected outbreak of the hantavirus, the World Health Organization said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

One case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed in a laboratory, the organization said in a statement. There are five additional suspected cases, it said.<\/p>\n

Of the six infected people, three have died and one person was in intensive care in South Africa, it said.<\/p>\n

The W.H.O. said detailed investigations are continuing, \u201cincluding further laboratory testing and epidemiological investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMedical care and support are being provided to passengers and crew,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The organization did not identify the cruise ship operator.<\/p>\n

Hantavirus refers<\/a> to a family of viruses that are carried by rodents. It is often transmitted to humans by inhaling particles from dried mouse droppings.<\/p>\n

While rare, hantavirus may spread among people, and can lead to severe respiratory illness. It requires careful patient monitoring, support and response, according to the W.H.O.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have died aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean after a suspected outbreak of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31089,16004,86145,9,11,10,86146,35553,10921,49126],"class_list":["post-218480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-atlantic-ocean","tag-cruises","tag-hantavirus","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-respiratory-diseases","tag-ships-and-shipping","tag-travel-and-vacations","tag-world-health-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}