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A British tourist is fighting for his life after a rare rodent virus has been reported to have claimed the lives of three people on board a cruise ship.The MV Hondius, sailing from Argentina towards Cape Verde, has become the centre of a medical emergency after health officials confirmed one case of the deadly hantavirus outbreak and identified five further suspected infections.The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the outbreak to the BBC this evening, with the vessel operated by Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions now at the heart of an international health response.A statement read: "To date, one case of Hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed, and five other cases are suspected."Of the six people affected, three have died and one is now in intensive care in South Africa."Hantavirus causes severe, frequently fatal illness transmitted primarily through airborne particles from infected rodent waste.The vessel departed Ushuaia in southern Argentina on March 20, with...

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