Third British national feared to have hantavirus
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May 8, 2026
A third British citizen is feared to have hantavirus after an outbreak on MV Hondius.
The patient is on the Atlantic island of Tristan de Cunha where the ship stopped mid- April.
Two other British men are confirmed to have the disease after staying on the boat.
Martin Anstee was evacuated to a hospital in the Netherlands where he remains in stable condition. The other man, a British doctor, is in intensive care in South Africa.
There are five confirmed cases in total, including one of the three people who died.
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