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I'm Chris Smith, and coming up, Hanta virus breaks out on a cruise ship, is this uncharted territory

for health officials. Also, why salmon might be hooked on cocaine in our waterways,

and NASA's rovers discover a range of new molecules on the Martian surface.

The M.V. Hondias, which left Argentina at the beginning of April, has been dealing with an outbreak of a hanta virus, specifically the Andi strain of the agent, and several of the ship's passengers have been infected with fatalities also reported.

Others are now self-isolating at home. It's unclear how the outbreak began

or whether person-to-person transmission of the virus, which has been claimed in previous outbreaks,

but is nevertheless extremely rare, is behind at least some of the cases. The World Health

Organisation has been leading the response and their chief, Tedros Adonoghrebriasis,

had this to say at a press conference on the 7th of May.

Eight cases have been reported, including three deaths.

Five of the eight cases have been confirmed as antivirus,

and the other three are suspected.

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