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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

‘Good news’ on Britons in hospital after cruise ship hantavirus outbreak – WHO

The MV Hondius (Misper Apawu/AP) - (AP)

Two Britons who were medically evacuated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said.

A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on April 27 and is receiving care at a private health facility in Sandton, Johannesburg.

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