Nine UK citizens linked to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship have returned to Britain and are being monitored by health officials after possible exposure.

The remaining crew and medical staff aboard the ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak will disembark at the Port of Rotterdam and the vessel will be disinfected.

UKHSA said Britons from St Helena and Ascension Island are expected to arrive in the UK on Sunday evening