Patient remains on south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, say health officials, as vessel heads to Tenerife
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UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island ⊖
The UK confirms two British cases on board a cruise ship and a suspected infection on the Tristan da Cunha island.
Third Briton feared to have hantavirus is in rat-infested settlement known as 'world's most remote inhabited island' with just 250 people ⊖
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Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory with around 250 inhabitants and is considered the world's most remote inhabited island.
Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says ⊖
The patient is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, which was visited by the cruise ship in April.
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