Cruise ship passenger reveals captain downplayed infectious death in hantavirus outbreak
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Updated · NBC News · May 7
Cruise ship passenger reveals captain downplayed infectious death in hantavirus outbreak
11 articles · Updated · NBC News · May 7
Ruhi Cenet, among nearly 150 people aboard Hondius, said the April 12 announcement came after one death; three passengers have since died and five more are believed infected.
Cenet said life continued normally for 12 days without isolation before he left at Saint Helena on April 24; the next day he shared a South Africa flight with the first victim’s wife, who later died.
Countries are tracing former passengers after the voyage from Ushuaia, Argentina, while operator Oceanwide Expeditions says no evidence of contagion existed when the captain spoke and proper procedures were followed.
A fatal virus spread on a cruise. Was the captain's 'natural causes' claim a tragic mistake or a deliberate deception?
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