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  "path": "/health/hantavirus-third-british-case-atlantic",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T06:20:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA third Briton has suspected hantavirus in connection with an outbreak on board a holiday cruise ship that has killed three people, Government officials believe.\n\n****\n\nThe British patient is currently on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.\n\nTwo 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.\n\nMORE TO FOLLOW...\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship"
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