### [2026-05-9](/feed/2026/05/9/index.md)

##### MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak
# British Army medics are parachuted from an RAF A400M onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to deliver vital supplies to a British national with suspected hantavirus. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo)

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