The crew member is understood to be experiencing acute respiratory symptoms

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa

The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

WHO says a total of seven hantavirus cases identified on cruise ship so far

A passenger trapped on board a cruise ship off the coast of West Africa has issued an emotional plea as medics worked to evacuate people showing symptoms of the deadly hantavirus,…

There are 149 people aboard the MV Hondius ship where the outbreak occurred, officials said

Briton to be evacuated from MV Hondius with Dutch colleague, after both began suffering respiratory symptoms

The crew member is understood to be experiencing acute respiratory symptoms

The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean as…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said plans are being made for the ‘safe onward travel’ of Britons on the ship

WHO says a total of seven hantavirus cases identified on cruise ship MV Hondius so far

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the situation is "very serious and deeply stressful" for those involved.

The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

Pair left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected and are not reporting symptoms, according to UK Health Security Agency

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have been linked to the boat, which sailed from southern Argentina

WHO warns the number of cases could rise due to the long incubation period of the virus, but said the overall public health risk was low

Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands

The patient is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, which was visited by the cruise ship in April.

Patient remains on south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, say health officials, as vessel heads to Tenerife

More than a dozen countries have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, as the WHO confirms five cases of the disease. Alex Croft reports