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Health authorities in the United Kingdom have reported that a third British citizen is suspected of contracting hantavirus in connection with a fatal disease outbreak aboard a high-end cruise vessel.<\/p>

The UK Health Security Agency announced Friday that they have confirmed hantavirus infections in two other British citizens as part of their ongoing surveillance of the dangerous outbreak. The cases are linked to incidents on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha.<\/p>

Officials continue to monitor the situation as they track the spread of this serious viral infection among passengers from the luxury cruise ship.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British health officials have identified a third suspected hantavirus case among UK citizens connected to a deadly outbreak on a luxury cruise ship. Two other British nationals have already been confirmed with the virus, which was detected on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":63586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[837],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778225020829.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-gxB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64214,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/british-cruise-passengers-to-be-hospitalized-after-deadly-hantavirus-outbreak\/","url_meta":{"origin":63587,"position":0},"title":"British Cruise Passengers to Be Hospitalized After Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak","author":"Admin","date":"May 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Twenty-two British nationals aboard a cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak killed three people will be flown home and placed in hospital isolation. 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