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Three people die on a cruise ship, authorities suspect hantavirus

EuroNews · · 295 words · By Beatrix Asboth
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“Three more people on the Dutch cruise ship have fallen ill, one of them has been taken to a hospital in South Africa.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that three people fell ill and one person was in intensive care in South Africa following a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Afrikaners (Afrikaans: [afriˈkɑːnərs]) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers who first arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. Until 1994, they dominated So…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaners
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Three churches from the Dutch Reformed Church tradition in South Africa are often mentioned together as "three sister churches". They are the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK), Dutch Reforme…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dutch Reformed Church (Afrikaans: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighbouring countries, such as N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church_in_South…
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“The hantavirus is spread by rats and very rarely spreads from human to human.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about trailers and hot rods; no medical or scientific information regarding hantavirus transmission was provided in the evidence block.
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“A 70-year-old Dutch passenger died on arrival at St. Helena”
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Web search results confirm a 70-year-old man died on the ship and his body was removed to Saint Helena, as stated by South Africa's Department of Health.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is also the histo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Saint_Helena
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Helena (, US: ; US: ) is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of the mainland of the continent of Africa, with the Southern African nations of Angola and Na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Trista…
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“his 69-year-old wife died after being taken to hospital in Johannesburg, South African authorities said.”
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Web search results explicitly state that a 69-year-old wife of the first victim died in a Johannesburg hospital.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dutch (Endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] , Nederlandse taal) is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannesburg ( joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also -⁠HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ] ; Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]; Zulu: iGoli [îˈɡóːli]), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg or "The City of Gold", is the most po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sandton is a financial, commercial and residential city, located in the northern part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, Sandton's name came f…
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“A third man also died.”
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Multiple web search results report that three people died in total (a Dutch husband, wife, and a third unidentified person).
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“A 69-year-old British citizen is in intensive care in a Johannesburg hospital and has been diagnosed with hantavirus infection.”
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BBC News and other web search results confirm a 69-year-old British national is in intensive care in Johannesburg with a hantavirus infection.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannesburg ( joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also -⁠HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ] ; Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]; Zulu: iGoli [îˈɡóːli]), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg or "The City of Gold", is the most po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The mayor of Johannesburg is the highest elected position in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 2000, they are the chief executive of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality coun…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Johannesburg, colloquially known as UJ, is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg was established on 1 January 2005 as the result o…
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“Two crew members on the cruise ship are also ill.”
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Web search results mention that 'two crew members need urgent medical assistance' in the context of the MV Hondius outbreak.
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web search NEUTRAL — Johannesburg (AFP) – An outbreak of "severe acute respiratory illness" on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left at least two people dead, with a third in intensive care in Johannesburg, South A…
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260503-two-die-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — That same month, over 80 passengers and crew members on a Princess Cruises ship fell ill during a 16-night cruise. An outbreak on a Cunard cruise line luxury ship making a monthlong international voya…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/140-people-sick-on-cruise
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web search NEUTRAL — Eighty-nine passengers and two crew members experienced gastrointestinal illness symptoms aboard Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas cruise ship, according to the CDC.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/more-than-90-people-fa…
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“around 150,000 to 200,000 hantavirus infections are identified worldwide each year.”
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A scientific PDF source explicitly states that it is estimated that 150,000 to 200,000 cases of hantavirus disease occur each year.
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“The hantavirus, which causes haemorrhagic fever, is spread through rodent urine and dry droppings.”
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“The Dutch-flagged ocean liner MV Hondius left Argentina three weeks ago to take passengers to the Canary Islands after Antarctica and the Falkland Islands.”
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“There are around 150 passengers and 70 crew members on board.”
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“The cruise ship is moored off Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa.”
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“So far, no one has been allowed to disembark.”
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