Britons on hantavirus-hit ship to be asked to isolate back in UK for 45 days

Patients being evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, while off Cape Verde on Wednesday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

British passengers onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus will be asked to self-isolate in the UK for 45 days, a health official has suggested, as two passengers who left the vessel continue to isolate at home in Britain.

Neither of the two Britons who left MV Hondius at Saint Helena in late April are reporting symptoms, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA).