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Suspected hantavirus case triggers emergency deployment to isolated island

May 11, 2026
As Americans are evacuated from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship linked to the hantavirus outbreak, two passengers have now tested positive. But in the South Atlantic, a scene from a Hollywood thriller: paratroopers dropping onto one of the world’s most remote inhabited islands with emergency medical supplies after a suspected case. A British national is now in a stable condition while isolating.
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