WHO suspects human-to-human transmission on virus-hit cruise ship
A possible case of human-to-human transmission may be unfolding among close contacts aboard the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization has said, as officials work to move the most serious cases off the vessel and bring the situation under control.
The agency said the immediate priority was evacuating two sick people before allowing the ship, currently stationed in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, to continue toward the Canary Islands.
It said the risk to the wider public remained…