Cruise ship at center of suspected deadly hantavirus outbreak refused permission to dock

The cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has been refused permission to dock, with nearly 150 people still on board — two of them seriously ill

The cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has been refused permission to dock, with nearly 150 people still on board — two of them seriously ill.

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The virus is suspected to have killed three passengers and sickened four more, with one patient hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. Testing has confirmed hantavirus as the source of infection in two of the patients, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Still, it said, the ongoing risk to the general public from the disease — which is rare in humans and not easily transmitted — was low and there was no need for panic.