Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship

A third Briton has suspected hantavirus in connection with an outbreak on board a holiday cruise ship that has killed three people, Government officials believe.

The British patient is currently on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Two other UK nationals on board MV Hondius**** are understood to have caught the disease, which is caused by breathing in particles from the urine, droppings, or saliva of infected rodents.

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