Switzerland

3 sick passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as new case is confirmed in Switzerland

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The Hondius has almost 150 people on board and remains marooned off the coast of Cape Verde in west Africa, where it has been since at least Monday, after authorities refused it permission to dock. Three passengers have died in the outbreak and the WHO said in an update Wednesday that there were so far … Read more

6 people killed and 3 hospitalized in Switzerland bus fire that may have been

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A bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital killed at least six people and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries, police said Tuesday. Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said the inferno broke out Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of Bern, the … Read more