Global Health Authorities Trying To Contain Hantavirus Outbreak

Global health authorities are scrambling to contain a deadly outbreak of Andes hantavirus linked to the polar expedition ship Hondius, tracing some 30 departed passengers from at least a dozen countries — as well as two flights linked to an ill woman — as epidemiologists investigate how the rare strain made its way onto the ship.

World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing Thursday that five of the eight reported cases of hantavirus have so far been confirmed...