Cruise ships are especially prone to disease outbreaks, an expert has warned. It comes as three passengers on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius have died from a rare strain of hantavirus after it set sail from Argentina around a month ago. Additionally, more than 100 passengers were sickened by the vomiting bug norovirus, which is the infection most closely linked to cruise ships. Large groups of people live, dine and move through the same shared spaces for days and therefore viruses can move through the ship from passenger to passenger quite easily. While cruise ships have medical facilities, these are limited compared to land–based hospitals. #news #hantavirus #cruise #mvhondius #norovirus