WHO confirms 10 global hantavirus cases, Hondius crew remain symptom-free

The MV Hondius was sailing from Argentina to Antarctica and several South Atlantic islands when the outbreak began.

There are no known cases of hantavirus in the United States as of Friday morning, garnering a sense of hope stateside amid a global outbreak that has killed three people, sickened 11 and forced dozens into quarantine.

The Andes hantavirus has circulated for decades in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia, spread by wild rodents.

The UK has sent a rapid support team to the remote island of St Helena