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Britons on virus-hit cruise ship will be tested before charter flight back to UK
Britons will be screened before a charter flight home as officials report six confirmed cases and three deaths linked to the cruise ship outbreak.
- On Sunday, May 10, 2026, the UK government will repatriate 22 British nationals from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship as it anchors off Tenerife, with a chartered flight transporting asymptomatic, test-negative passengers directly to Britain.
- The outbreak, which has caused three deaths, reportedly originated during an April birdwatching trip in Argentina, with health officials identifying the Andes strain—a rare but dangerous variant associated with fatality rates of up to 40 per cent—as the source.
- Upon arrival at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, passengers will undergo 72-hour clinical assessment and testing, the UK Health Security Agency stated, followed by 45 days of mandatory self-isolation to monitor for delayed symptoms.
- Strict infection control measures will be enforced aboard the chartered flight by medical professionals and infectious disease specialists, while Foreign Office and UKHSA teams remain stationed in Tenerife to support all disembarking travellers.
- Although the World Health Organization and UKHSA maintain the public health risk remains low, officials warn the Andes hantavirus incubation period can extend to six weeks, prompting continued contact tracing to mitigate potential transmission.
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After the Hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch cruise ship "Hondius", the UK intends to take British travellers to a hospital used as a quarantine facility during the Corona pandemic. According to the National Health Service NHS on Saturday, the approximately 24 British travelers and crew members as well as two Irish people will initially spend up to 72 hours at the Arrowe Park Hospital near Liverpool in the north-west of England. Afterwards, they w…
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