- A new suspected hantavirus case has been identified in a British man on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- In Spain, a woman in Alicante is showing symptoms consistent with hantavirus, having been on the same flight as a patient who died in Johannesburg after contracting the virus on the MV Hondius.
- Spanish health authorities are tracing contacts of the woman, who is currently isolated in hospital with symptoms including coughing and general malaise.
- Two Singapore residents, both former passengers of the MV Hondius, are also being tested for hantavirus and are isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
- These Singaporean individuals were on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case from St Helena to Johannesburg, with one showing mild symptoms and the other being asymptomatic.
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