3 passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as new case is confirmed in Switzerland

Authorities confirmed Wednesday that the Andes strain, which can be spread among people, was identified in passengers. A local leader meanwhile opposed allowing it to dock in Spain.

Three passengers were medically evacuated from the cruise ship at the the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak Wednesday, while a local leader opposed allowing the stricken vessel to dock in Spain.

As a new case was identified in Switzerland, authorities confirmed the outbreak involved the Andes strain, which can be spread among people.

A man who had traveled on the Hondius was being treated for hantavirus in the Swiss city of Zurich, the Swiss government said in a statement Wednesday. There was no threat to the wider population, it added.