The cruise ship MV Hondius floats off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI

Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based ⁠cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, authorities and media reports said on Sunday.

Here is information about the virus.

Hantavirus is primarily spread by rodents but can be transmitted between ​people in rare cases, according to the World Health Organization.

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