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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Hantavirus cruise ship still days away from docking in Tenerife

The MV Hondius cruise ship anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) - (AP)

A cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak is still days away from docking, as global health officials said two Britons who were medically evacuated are improving.

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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