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Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak departs Cape Verde for Canary Islands, Reuters witness says

By Thomson Reuters May 6, 2026 | 1:16 PM

DAKAR, May 6 (Reuters) – A luxury ​cruise ‌ship hit by a deadly ‌hantavirus ​outbreak ⁠and marooned ⁠since Sunday off the coast of ​Cape Verde ⁠left ⁠for Spain’s ​Canary Islands ​on Wednesday after ‌three people, two of ⁠them seriously ill, were evacuated, ⁠a ‌Reuters ⁠witness ​said.

(Reporting ‌by Julio ​Rodrigues; Writing ⁠by Clement Bonnerot; Editing by Chris ​Reese)