UK says third British national has suspected hantavirus
Health officials are tracing dozens of passengers as two British men remain in intensive care and a third suspected case is on Tristan da Cunha.
- On Friday, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed an additional suspected hantavirus case in a British national on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, bringing the total affected British citizens to three.
- Three people, including a Dutch couple and a German national, have died in the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, while five individuals are confirmed to have contracted the virus after visiting South American bird-watching sites.
- Medical teams evacuated a 69-year-old passenger to South Africa last month and Martin Anstee, aged 56, to the Netherlands on Wednesday for specialist care, while four other Britons remain under observation on Helena.
- With the ship expected to dock in Tenerife on Sunday, the Government is organizing a chartered repatriation flight for remaining passengers and crew, requiring all returnees to isolate for 45 days upon arrival.
- Professor Robin May, Chief Scientific Officer at the UKHSA, stressed that the risk to the general public remains very low, with strict infection control measures enforced throughout the repatriation process to ensure safety.
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