(This May 8 story has been repeated with no changes to the text) LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s health security agency said an additional suspected case of hantavirus had been identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. Two British nationals have been confirmed as cases of hantavirus, […]
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UK says third British national has suspected hantavirus
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(This May 8 story has been repeated with no changes to the text)
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s health security agency said an additional suspected case of hantavirus had been identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha.
Two British nationals have been confirmed as cases of hantavirus, as part of its monitoring of the deadly outbreak on a luxury cruise ship, the UK Health Security Agency said in an update on Friday.
(Reporting by Sarah Young and Shivani Tanna; editing by William James)