A person suspected of being infected with the hantavirus onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has been evacuated. New haunting pictures now show the grave seriousness of the situation.On Wednesday, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, shared pictures of a patient suspected of hantavirus infection being brought off the cruise ship MV Hondius, which has been anchored off the coast of Cape Verde.Nearly 150 passengers and crew remain stuck aboard the vessel.Ghebreyesus wrote on X, “Three suspected hantavirus case patients have just been evacuated from the ship and are on their way to receive medical care in the Netherlands in coordination with.”WHO, the ship’s operator and national authorities from Cabo Verde, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. WHO continues to work with the ship’s operators to closely monitor the health of passengers and crew, working with countries to support appropriate medical follow-up and evacuation where needed.”

The post continued, “Monitoring and follow-up for passengers on board and for those who have already disembarked has been initiated in collaboration with the ship’s operators and national health authorities. WHO thanks all those involved. At this stage, the overall public health risk remains low.”Disturbing photo of suspected hantavirus patient being evacuated from plagued cruise shipThree people have been believed to have been affected on the vessel and have been evacuated from the Ducht-flagged ship. Three people have already died.Pictures show how one patient, dressed in a full-protective suit, is transferred from an ambulance into a medical aircraft, with police officers in hazmat suits stationed at the port in the Cape Verde capital of Praia.