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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA medic from Ascension Island, exhibiting hantavirus symptoms, is currently receiving specialist care at a London hospital. Nine British individuals from St Helena and Ascension Island, potentially exposed to hantavirus but asymptomatic, are expected to arrive in the UK on Sunday evening. These individuals will complete their self-isolation at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, supported by the NHS’s High Consequence Infectious Diseases network. The repatriations are linked to a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has resulted in 11 reported cases and three fatalities. The UK Health Security Agency has deployed a Public Health Rapid Support Team to the affected overseas territories to assist with testing and infection control. In fullMedic with hantavirus symptoms monitored in UK hospital as 9 people linked to cruise arriveThank 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
Medic with hantavirus symptoms being treated in London hospital
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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA medic from Ascension Island, exhibiting hantavirus symptoms, is currently receiving specialist care at a London hospital. Nine British individuals from St Helena and Ascension Island, potentially exposed to hantavirus but asymptomatic, are expected to arrive in the UK on Sunday evening. These individuals will complete their self-isolation at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, supported by the NHS’s High Consequence Infectious Diseases network. The repatriations are linked to a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has resulted in 11 reported cases and three fatalities. The UK Health Security Agency has deployed a Public Health Rapid Support Team to the affected overseas territories to assist with testing and infection control. In fullMedic with hantavirus symptoms monitored in UK hospital as 9 people linked to cruise arriveThank 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
