A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

Five passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris "until further notice", France's prime minister says.

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

The MV Hondius passenger is now in a critical condition in a Paris hospital