‘Top-notch’ Filipino crew praised amid deadly cruise ship outbreak

RENNES, France — Julia and Roland Seitre, a French couple aboard a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, said passengers remained calm, praised the “top-notch” Filipino crew, called their journey an “unlikely adventure,” and urged against unnecessary drama. The MV Hondius currently has 61 crew members on board, 38 of them Filipinos. The ship left Ushuaia, on the southern tip of Argentina, on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde, with stops at several remote islands along the way. But three passengers from the MV Hondius have died while others have fallen sick with […]...

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