Suspected hantavirus patients are being flown from the British islands of St. Helena and Ascension back to the United Kingdom as a 'precaution.'

Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory

Britons among passengers and crew taken off vessel and put on flights to 10 countries, while France and US later say two people showing symptoms

British passengers and crew will be spend up to 72 hours at an isolation facility at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral

Twenty-two people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day isolating in self-contained flats in Merseyside

In einer aufwendigen Spezialmission hat die britische Armee medizinische Hilfsgüter auf die abgelegene Insel Tristan da Cunha geliefert. Hier soll ein Brite mit dem Hantavirus…

The UK, US and EU are asking all citizens returning home from the virus-hit MV Hondius to self-isolate for about six weeks.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said people in British overseas territories would be brought to the UK in case they need care.

Suspected hantavirus patients are being flown from the British islands of St. Helena and Ascension back to the United Kingdom as a 'precaution.'

The UK has sent a rapid support team to the remote island of St Helena

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a three-person team from the the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) was sent to St Helena.

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A group of experts and a rapid response mobile laboratory have been dispatched to two remote islands at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship