Three passengers have died in an outbreak of the rodent-borne virus on a cruise ship that is now sitting off the coast of Cape Verde.

The regional government of Spain's Canary Islands is opposed to allowing a luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus to dock on the archipelago, its leader, Fernando...

A Dutch couple and a German national have died, while a British national was evacuated from the ship and is in intensive care in South Africa, officials said.