‘Patient zero’ of deadly rat virus outbreak revealed as bird watcher who visited landfill branded ‘the end of the world’

‘Patient zero’ of deadly rat virus outbreak revealed as bird watcher who visited landfill branded ‘the end of the world’

PATIENT zero of the deadly cruise ship rat virus outbreak has been identified as a Dutch bird watcher. Ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, 70, boarded the MV Hondius on April 1, after making a fateful trip to a landfill site. Leo and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, have both died since leaving the ship. The couple from Haulerwijk, a...

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