Race to trace passengers who left hantavirus cruise ship at island

Health authorities are racing to trace dozens of people who disembarked from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic.The operator of the Dutch vessel said 29 passengers, of at least 12 different nationalities, left the MV Hondius on 24 April. The Dutch government gave a different figure of 40.A 69-year-old Dutch woman who later died in South Africa was among those. The Dutch government said a Swiss national who has since been diagnosed with hantavirus was also one of those who left the cruise at the British Overseas Territory.Two other people died on board the ship, which set sail from southern Argentina a month ago.Three others - British, Dutch and German nationals - were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday. The British man has been named as 56-year-old Martin Anstee and is in a stable condition.Anstee, a retired police officer and an expedition guide on the MV Hondius, on Thursday told the BBC that "he's fine".The other two evacuees were a 41-year-old Dutch crew member and a 65-year-old German, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).