Third British national feared to have hantavirus

A third British citizen is feared to have hantavirus after an outbreak on MV Hondius.

The patient is on the Atlantic island of Tristan de Cunha where the ship stopped mid- April.

Two other British men are confirmed to have the disease after staying on the boat.

Martin Anstee was evacuated to a hospital in the Netherlands where he remains in stable condition. The other man, a British doctor, is in intensive care in South Africa.

There are five confirmed cases in total, including one of the three people who died.

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