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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T20:03:20.000Z",
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    "British army launches daring parachute mission to treat rat-virus victims on remote island",
    "Army Brigadier Ed Cartwright reveals terrifying details of ‘hugely successful’ Hantavirus parachute mission",
    "Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA number of Britons who were urgently evacuated from a cruise ship infected with hantavirus have touched down in the UK.\n\nTwenty passengers landed back in Britain and will be taken to a \"managed setting for clinical assessment and testing\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThat will take place at Arrowe Park hospital in Merseyside, where they will be placed into a 72-hour quarantine.\n\nArrowe Park was used during the Covid pandemic, where Britons flying back from China were placed into quanratine upon their return from China.\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\nAll 20 of the Britons repatriated are said to be asymptomatic and if they remain without symptoms, they will be asked to isolate at home for 45 days.\n\nThere were a total of 22 British nationals evacuated from the MV Hondius earlier this morning, however, one is heading to the US and the other to Australia.\n\nThe US repatriation flight will be taking off later tonight, while the Australia flight will be departing tomorrow.\n\nEarlier today, MV Hondius docked near the port of Granadilla around one nautical mile away from Tenerife.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe ship was not allowed to dock at the shore for security purposes.\n\nBritons stranded on the doomed cruise ship waved and gave a thumbs up after they finally disembarked the vessel.\n\nThe President of the Canary Islands has said he \"won't be calm\" until all of the passengers and crew members have left the island.\n\n\"The risk of contagion for the general population is low,\" health minister Mónica García said on Saturday.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * British army launches daring parachute mission to treat rat-virus victims on remote island\n  * Army Brigadier Ed Cartwright reveals terrifying details of ‘hugely successful’ Hantavirus parachute mission\n  * Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"We believe that alarmism, misinformation and confusion are contrary to the basic principles of preserving public health,\" she added.\n\nHowever, fresh fears have arisen after one of the French passengers began showing symptoms on their repatriation flight.\n\nAll five evacuated passengers have been put into strict isolation as a result, French President Sebastian Lecornu.\n\nThis repatriation comes after military medics daringly parachuted onto Britain's most isolated overseas territory to provide urgent healthcare following a suspected Hantavirus infection.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPersonnel from 16 Air Assault Brigade jumped from an RAF A400M aircraft onto Tristan da Cunha, a volcanic archipelago in the South Atlantic with just 221 residents and no runway.\n\nThe operation marks the first occasion British military clinicians have been deployed via parachute for humanitarian purposes.\n\nOxygen reserves on the remote island had reached critical levels, making a parachute drop the only viable method of reaching the patient in time.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday a British national on the territory was suspected of having contracted the virus.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nEight personnel made the jump, six paratroopers alongside two military clinicians, all serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade.\n\nSimultaneously with the personnel drop, essential oxygen supplies and medical equipment were released onto the island.\n\nThe paratroopers faced demanding conditions upon arrival, with Tristan da Cunha's typical wind speeds frequently surpassing 25 miles per hour.\n\nThe reinforcements will bolster the territory's existing two-person medical team, strengthening healthcare capacity across the isolated community.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Britons urgently evacuated from hantavirus infected cruise ship touch down in UK"
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