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Two Britons self-isolating in UK after being on hantavirus cruise ship
UK health officials say the risk to the public remains very low as British passengers and crew are repatriated or self-isolate after exposure.
- Two British individuals who were on the MV Hondius cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak are self-isolating at home in the UK after returning without symptoms and have contacted UK health officials.
- The UK Health Security Agency is supporting these individuals and tracing contacts, stating the risk to the general public remains very low.
- Three passengers from the MV Hondius, including one British national, have died from hantavirus, and 150 passengers remain quarantined on board.
- UK government agencies including the UKHSA, Department of Health and Social Care, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are working urgently to support affected British nationals and ensure their safe repatriation.
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has claimed three lives. There are five confirmed and three suspected cases of the virus and several people who were on board the MV Hondius are isolating, including a two who returned to the UK and a British man in hospital in the Netherla…
2 Indian crew aboard ship with deadly hantavirus outbreak, their status unknown
Three people have died and eight others have been infected aboard the MV Hondius, where two Indian crew members remain on board as authorities race to contain a rare hantavirus outbreak at sea.
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