A specialist team of army and medical personnel have been parachuted on to the British overseas territory Tristan da Cunha with medical aid and equipment after a British national showed symptoms of hantavirus . The patient had been on board the cruise ship MV Hondius where an outbreak of the virus has killed three people, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. They are currently in hospital on the island where they live, the UK minister for the overseas territories, Stephen Doughty, said in a statement. A specialist Army team and medical personnel who have been parachuted on to the British overseas territory Tristan da Cunha (PA) In a first operation of its kind, six paratroopers, an RAF consultant and Army nurse from 16 Air Assault Brigade parachuted onto the island to provide support, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on Sunday. Oxygen supplies and medical aid was also dropped on to the remote island, which is normally only accessible by boat.…