Three dead and one sick, presumably from inflammation on a cruise

Three of the six passengers who left Argentina and noticed health problems on their way to Cape Verde have died in the last few hours and one is in intensive care.

The South African Department of Health has stated that "while the ship was sailing off the coast of South Africa, some of the passengers had serious health problems" which were initially considered a simple respiratory infection.

Dead.

The first patient was a 70-year-old passenger who "suddenly fell ill on the ship during a trip from Ushuaia (the southernmost city of Argentina) to St. Helena Island (British territory, south of the Atlantic), suffering from fever, headache, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

The second deceased was his wife, 69, who at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg "fainted while trying to take a flight to her home country."

A 69-year-old Briton is still in intensive care in South Africa.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that "the risk of infection remains low." "There is no need to intimidate or cancel travel," they said.