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Briton, became “seriously ill and was medically evacuated to South Africa”, the company said. South African authorities have confirmed that the British patient who is being treated in a Johannesburg hospital tested positive
treated in Johannesburg had tested positive for the hantavirus. Mohale told reporters that authorities had not yet confirmed the nationalities of the deceased. The person in intensive care was reported by AFP and media
hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands)-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica) on 27 April
treated in Johannesburg tested positive for a hantavirus, a family of viruses that can cause haemorrhagic fever, South African spokesperson Foster Mohale said. Hantavirus is usually caught through contact with urine or faeces from infected
treated in Johannesburg tested positive for hantavirus. A 70-year-old was the first to develop symptoms. He died on the ship, with his body now being held on the island of Saint Helena