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Meningitis outbreak Reading: Student dead and two other young people treated

The student who has died went to Henley College in Oxfordshire, with close contacts of the cases being offered antibiotics as a precaution

Evening Standard

Student dies and two people being treated after meningitis outbreak in Reading

One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Student dies in fresh meningitis outbreak in Reading

Two people are currently being treated with one of the cases confirmed as meningitis B

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Six from hantavirus cruise ship leave Arrowe Park hospital to isolate at home

Passengers will remain in isolation for 45 days of isolation, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomatic

The Guardian - UK

Hantavirus outbreak: Passengers evacuated from cruise ship to leave hospital after 72-hour quarantine

Passengers evacuated from the virus-hit Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are set to begin leaving a specialist isolation facility in the UK after completing an initial 72-hour quarantine period, as health officials continue efforts to contain a rare hantavirus outbreak linked to the vessel.

The Times of India

Hantavirus: Ten Britons from remote islands to come to UK to isolate

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said people in British overseas territories would be brought to the UK in case they need care.

Evening Standard

Hantavirus latest: Health chief warns further cases linked to outbreak on cruise ship are expected

At least nine cases have been confirmed

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Hantavirus: Testing ‘well under way’ for cruise Britons isolating at UK hospital

Twenty British nationals from the MV Hondius, together with a German who is a UK resident and a Japanese passenger, were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital

Evening Standard

Hantavirus cruise ship passengers enter isolation facility after evacuation to UK

Twenty-two people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day isolating in self-contained flats in Merseyside

The Guardian - UK

Hantavirus cruise ship still days away from docking in Tenerife

The boat left the shores of Cape Verde at 6.15pm UK time on Wednesday, Oceanwide Expeditions said.

Evening Standard

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

Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands

The Guardian - UK

Hantavirus is giving me Covid flashbacks – so how worried should I be?

IN FOCUS : The sight of people in hazmat suits alongside phrases like ‘self-isolation’ dominating the airwaves is bringing back troubling memories for Katie Rosseinsky, who considers whether we should all start stocking up on toilet roll

The Independent UK

UK On Alert After Britons Return From Cruise Linked To Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak

UK health authorities are monitoring two British nationals self-isolating after returning from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak

International Business Times UK

Health chiefs race to contain hantavirus as two cruise ship passengers forced to self-isolate in UK

WHO warns the number of cases could rise due to the long incubation period of the virus, but said the overall public health risk was low

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How can I protect myself from illnesses on a cruise?

Take sensible precautions on your next holiday.

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Deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak caused by couple’s birdwatching trip to landfill site, experts fear

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have been linked to the boat, which sailed from southern Argentina

The Guardian - UK

Parents in Wales urged to ‘be vigilant’ about hand-washing amid hepatitis A outbreak

At least three households in Barry, south Wales, identified as having contracted the liver infection

The Independent UK

British expedition guide with hantavirus has ‘no idea how long I’ll be in hospital for’ after cruise ship outbreak

The expedition guide on board the MV Hondius said he hopes to ‘have a clearer picture’ of his symptoms later this week

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The Times of India

Hantavirus cruise outbreak: Two Britons self-isolate after exposure scare on MV Hondius

Two British nationals are self-isolating at home in the UK after possible exposure to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius.

The Guardian - UK

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

Two British nationals who left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected are already self-isolating at home, say officials

Evening Standard

Hantavirus: British cruise passengers ‘will self-isolate in UK for 45 days’

Some 19 British nationals were listed as passengers on the cruise, which was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde, with four British crew members.

Evening Standard

Two passengers of hantavirus cruise ship self-isolating in UK

The UK Health Security Agency said it is helping to trace people who may have been on the same flight as a confirmed case.

The Guardian - UK

Three evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock

British guide Martin Anstee among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary Islands

The Independent UK

Pair self-isolating in UK after return from cruise ship affected by hantavirus outbreak

Two individuals who recently returned to the UK from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak have been instructed to self-isolate, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. The agency reassured the public that "the risk to general public remains very low" following their return from the MV…

Evening Standard

Two passengers of ship linked to hantavirus self-isolating in the UK

Health officials said once the ship docks in Tenerife the remaining British nationals can be repatriated if they do not develop symptoms.

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