- A British national on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, who had been aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, is currently hospitalised with hantavirus symptoms, prompting a unique military operation to parachute medical personnel and aid onto the island.
- The MV Hondius, linked to a hantavirus outbreak that has resulted in three deaths, docked in Tenerife, with British passengers being repatriated to the UK for isolation and testing at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside.
- Six paratroopers, an RAF consultant, and an Army nurse from 16 Air Assault Brigade were deployed to Tristan da Cunha in the first humanitarian parachute operation of its kind, delivering oxygen and medical supplies to the British overseas territory.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed eight hantavirus cases linked to the outbreak, including three deaths, with three British nationals affected; two are hospitalised in South Africa and the Netherlands, and the third is on Tristan da Cunha.
- British passengers from the MV Hondius will undergo testing for hantavirus upon arrival in Tenerife, and those testing negative will be flown to the UK for precautionary isolation and further assessment at Arrowe Park Hospital, which was previously used for Covid-19 quarantine.
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