Key Facts

• A British man with suspected hantavirus lives on Tristan de Cunha, an island with 221 people and no airport.
• British Army medics parachuted onto the island to provide medical help and dropped oxygen and supplies by plane.
• The hantavirus outbreak began on the cruise ship MV Hondius, with six confirmed cases and three deaths.
• The Andes strain of hantavirus can spread between people, unlike most hantaviruses.
• The man on Tristan de Cunha showed symptoms two weeks after leaving the cruise ship and is currently stable in isolation.
• The MV Hondius reached Tenerife where over 100 passengers will be helped to return home.
• Other British nationals with hantavirus are being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa.
• Remaining British passengers from the ship will isolate in a UK hospital for 45 days under health monitoring.