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British passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolating in hospital

www.bbc.com·Kathryn Armstrong·22 days ago
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1 hour ago Kathryn Armstrong and Vicky Wong Getty Images A coach carrying the 20 Britons arrived at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral on Sunday night Twenty Britons are beginning 45 days of self-isolation in the UK after being evacuated from a cruise ship hit by hantavirus. They are isolating at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside , after their chartered flight from Tenerife landed at Manchester Airport on Sunday. They will stay there for 72 hours, before being asked to self-isolate for a further 42 days at home. Professor Robin May, chief scientific officer at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told the BBC that all of the evacuees are "healthy and asymptomatic". Three people have died following the outbreak on the MV Hondius, including two whom the World Health Organization has confirmed had hantavirus. Two British nationals, who are being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa, also have confirmed cases.…

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