Hantavirus death prompts WHO to trace passengers on Africa flight
- Posted on May 5, 2026
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Hantavirus death prompts WHO to trace passengers on Africa flight
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it was trying to trace people on a flight between the island of Saint Helena and Johannesburg taken by a cruise ship passenger who died of hantavirus. The Dutch woman, whose husband died of the virus on the ship now stuck off Cape Verde, disembarked in Saint Helena with "gastrointestinal symptoms" on April 24.
