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British Paratroopers Airdrop Aid for Suspected Hantavirus Case on Remote Island

British military paratroopers conducted an unprecedented airdrop of doctors and medical equipment onto the extremely remote island of Tristan da Cunha. This urgent operation was in response to a suspected hantavirus infection in a British national on the island.

10 May, 00:40 — 10 May, 13:49
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BBCHigh5h ago

Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus

The specialist team parachuted on to Trista de Cunha, a remote British overseas territory, to treat them.

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NYTMostly Factual12m ago

British Paratroopers Deliver Aid to Remote Islands With Possible Hantavirus Case

The British military took critical medical supplies to Tristan da Cunha, a tiny British archipelago where authorities have identified a suspected hantavirus case.

By Amelia Nierenberg

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The IndependentMostly Factual4h ago

Army parachutes team onto remote island to help British suspected hantavirus case

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Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus

British Army medics have parachuted onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British national with suspected hantavirus.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo

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rzeczpospolita10 May, 13:35

Podejrzenie zakażenia hantawirusem na Tristan da Cunha. Brytyjczycy dokonali zrzutu lekarzy i sprzętu

NYT10 May, 13:49Latest update

British Paratroopers Deliver Aid to Remote Islands With Possible Hantavirus Case