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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies and Geneva Abdul

Two Britons evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship ‘improving’ in hospital

A small boat with crew in blue protective suits beside a large white cruise ship with an orange lifeboat.
Passengers watch as patients are evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius anchored off Cape Verde. Photograph: AFP/Getty

Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the 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 27 April and is receiving care at a private health facility in Sandton, Johannesburg.

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