Watch: Soldier on parachuting to remote island to bring Hantavirus aid
Summary
British soldiers parachuted onto the remote island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British person suspected of having hantavirus. The team included medics and brought medical supplies, arriving after the patient left a cruise ship where an outbreak happened.Key Facts
- The British Army parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean.
- They went to assist a British national with suspected hantavirus.
- Two paratroopers jumped together with an intensive care nurse and a specialist doctor.
- Medical supplies were delivered to the island.
- The patient had been on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which had a hantavirus outbreak.
- The mission was difficult due to high winds.
- The team planned to stay a few days, as leaving by parachute was not possible.
- Tristan da Cunha is Britain’s most remote inhabited overseas territory.
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