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HIBAPRESS – Agencies
The World Health Organization confirmed today, Monday, that seven passengers on the cruise ship were infected with the Andes strain of the Hantavirus.
A spokesperson for the organization said in an email that the organization updated the total number of reported cases to nine today, after France announced that a female passenger who was evacuated from the ship (M.V. Hondius) was confirmed to have the virus. Two other cases out of the nine cases are suspected of having Hantavirus, including the person who is believed to be the first to be infected in this epidemic and who died before testing was performed. According to the World Health Organization, the total number of deaths from this epidemic has reached three people.
