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An outbreak of a rare but potentially deadly virus on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic is being closely monitored but poses a low risk to the Gulf and is unlikely to develop into a Covid-style pandemic, experts say.
Eight cases have been reported so far, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), including three deaths, on the MV Hondius, which set sail from Argentina a month ago. Five of the eight cases have been confirmed as hantavirus. The hantavirus involved is the Andes virus, the only strain known to be capable of limited…