WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreak

A passenger is thought to have contracted hantavirus before boarding the ship in Argentina and infected others on board during the voyage across the Atlantic.

The WHO notes that hantavirus incubation can be up to six weeks, underscoring the potential for additional cases after initial infections.

The WHO warns that more hantavirus cases could emerge after three passengers died, but expects the outbreak to be limited if precautions are observed.

Saint Helena government notes more than 95 percent of the population had no close contact with ship passengers or crew and are at extremely low risk of infection.

Tedros says the WHO has informed 12 countries that their nationals disembarked from the cruise ship on Saint Helena.

WHO emergency alert and response director Abdi Rahman Mahamud says the outbreak would likely be limited if public health measures are implemented.

Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands announces another patient has tested positive for hantavirus.

A fourth evacuee lands in Amsterdam, according to the vessel's operator.

Three evacuees are whisked away from the Hondius as it anchors off Cape Verde.

The Dutch man's wife dies in South Africa 15 days after his death; hantavirus is confirmed as the cause on May 4.

A German passenger dies on the Hondius.

The deceased man's body is taken off the ship at Saint Helena, where 29 other passengers disembarked.

A Dutch man who had boarded in Ushuaia with his wife dies aboard the Hondius.

The MV Hondius begins its voyage as passengers board in Ushuaia, Argentina on April 1.