Cruise ship hit by hantavirus reaches Rotterdam for disinfection (opens in new tab)

The MV Hondius cruise ship docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Monday morning for disinfection after a hantavirus outbreak during its voyage killed three passengers and put international health authorities on alert. The vessel arrived with 25 crew members and two medical personnel aboard; passengers had disembarked earlier, and Dutch authorities said the remaining people would enter quarantine. The World Health Organization kept its global public-health risk assessment at "low" but said ...