US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had been briefed on the concerning cruise ship-outbreak of hantavirus, and added that he hoped it was very much under control. A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, leaves Praia, Cape Verde, May 6 (Reuters and AFP) Trump’s comments came during an impromptu visit to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, where he has ordered a renovation project. “It’s very much, we hope, under control,” Trump told reporters Thursday. “It was the ship, and I think we’re going to make a full report about it tomorrow. We have a lot of people. It’s a lot of great people are studying it. It should be fine,” he said. An outbreak of the rare hantavirus emerged over weeks on a Duth-flagged cruise ship – MV Hondius – as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. At least three passengers have died so far and several others have fallen unwell, necessitating evacuation from the ship. Health authorities …