Seriously ill British ‘ship doctor’ still cannot leave vessel and cruise firm admits it does not know what will happen to remaining passengers…
A seriously ill British crew member is still trapped on the MV Hondius cruise ship following a suspected outbreak of the deadly hantavirus infection.
Three people have died so far from the rare rat-borne virus on the Dutch-flagged vessel, which set off in March to sail from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde.
The luxury ship has been stranded at the Port of Praia after health authorities in Cape Verde said they would not authorise its docking ‘with the aim of protecting national public health’.
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