Dhaka, May 7 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is urgently working to trace up to 98 passengers who shared an Airlink flight, 4Z132, with a Dutch woman who died from hantavirus infection, as the agency monitors a growing cluster of cases linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius.

In an update on May 6, the WHO said eight cases were recorded in total - three laboratory-confirmed and five suspected. Three individuals - a Dutch couple and a German national - have died after contracting the Andes strain of hantavirus.

The Dutch woman died upon arriving at an emergency department on April 26, one day after flying from the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena to Johannesburg, South Africa. Her condition had deteriorated mid-flight, with gast...