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The hospital taking in Britons from hantavirus-hit ship - six years after being used for Covid quarantine

hantavirus-hit cruise ship have arrived on Merseyside to isolate in a hospital block last used to quarantine Britons who travelled back from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Built to house

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

infecting rodents and occasionally transmitting to humans. The specific strain onboard is known as the Andes hantavirus. It can cause a severe and often fatal lung disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. “It’s transmitted from

Unwell British crew member to be ‘urgently’ evacuated from cruise ship after hantavirus cases

symptoms of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, is understood to be improving. The passenger was medically evacuated on 27 April to Johannesburg, and remains in intensive care. The UK prime minister said