Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe UK has dispatched a rapid response mobile laboratory and a three-person support team to the remote South Atlantic islands of St Helena and Ascension. This deployment by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is in response to a hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. The specialist team, comprising microbiologists and an infection prevention and control expert, will assist Jamestown General Hospital with testing, assessments, and training for eight weeks. Ten British residents from St Helena and Ascension, connected to the outbreak, are being repatriated to the UK as a precautionary measure for self-isolation. The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has resulted in at least 11 reported cases and tragically led to three deaths, with Public Health Scotland also warning of potential contacts in Scotland. In fullUK sends rapid response team to remote island after hantavirus cruise ship outbreakThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
UK rapid response unit sent to remote South Atlantic islands amid Hantavirus outbreak
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe UK has dispatched a rapid response mobile laboratory and a three-person support team to the remote South Atlantic islands of St Helena and Ascension. This deployment by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is in response to a hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. The specialist team, comprising microbiologists and an infection prevention and control expert, will assist Jamestown General Hospital with testing, assessments, and training for eight weeks. Ten British residents from St Helena and Ascension, connected to the outbreak, are being repatriated to the UK as a precautionary measure for self-isolation. The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has resulted in at least 11 reported cases and tragically led to three deaths, with Public Health Scotland also warning of potential contacts in Scotland. In fullUK sends rapid response team to remote island after hantavirus cruise ship outbreakThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
