- A British man hospitalised in Johannesburg with hantavirus, contracted on a luxury cruise ship, is “clinically improving but still ill”, a South African health ministry spokesperson said.
- The patient was medically evacuated to South Africa on 27 April after developing a fever, shortness of breath, and pneumonia symptoms.
- He disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship at Ascension Island, which had departed from Argentina.
- The identified strain is the Andes hantavirus, typically found in Argentina and Chile, and is a rodent-borne virus.
- Three other individuals – a Dutch couple and a German national – have died since the outbreak began on the ship.
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