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Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship: UK & Global Response
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UK Health Security Agency reports three deaths and five confirmed cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius cruise ship. A suspected case has emerged in a British national on Tristan da Cunha island. Seven Brits disembarked in St Helena, with two already isolated at home, four still in St Helena, and one outside the UK. Asymptomatic Brits will return home after the ship docks in Tenerife, then isolate for 45 days. A Dutch KLM flight attendant tested negative for hantavirus, but a woman who died from the virus in Johannesburg was found in an Amsterdam hospital. Hantavirus is spread through rodent droppings, urine, or saliva. Investigators are probing the ships outbreak, and global health teams are on alert.
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