The MV Hondius cruise ship, which just toured the southern Atlantic Ocean, is now stranded near Africa’s west coast while 147 passengers and crew face an outbreak of the rare hantavirus. The World Health Organization announced two confirmed cases and five suspected cases of the virus as of May 4.

A British crew member who became ill after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean is to be medically evacuated, officials have said.

"Based on current information, WHO assesses the risk to the global population as low and will continue to monitor and update on the situation," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the ...