A former passenger on the cruise ship MV Hondius has fallen ill in Switzerland, Swiss authorities report. South Africa confirms that the virus on board is the Andes virus, the only strain of hantavirus that is transmissible between humans. Meanwhile, three passengers are being evacuated.
A research expedition in the North Atlantic has found several groups of sperm whales along with many other whale species in an area where Norway wants to conduct deep-sea mining.
