International health authorities are scrambling to contain a deadly Andes hantavirus outbreak originating from the MV Hondius cruise ship that has already resulted in 11 confirmed infections and three deaths.Governments have moved to mandate strict hospital-based quarantines for all 122 exposed passengers and crew to prevent further human-to-human transmission across 20 countries.The World Health Organisation remains on high alert due to the virus's long incubation period and high mortality rate as patients are treated in specialized isolation units.Medical teams are tracking close contacts globally while addressing lapses in containment protocols that occurred after the ship docked in
Spain.