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Ten more cruise passengers to be flown to UK for hantavirus monitoring
Key takeaways
- The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said they were being moved to the UK as a "precautionary measure" and that none of them were showing symptoms.
- Meanwhile, clinical assessments and testing of passengers who were on board the MV Hondius are "well under way" at a Merseyside hospital, health officials said.
- The passengers - which include 20 British nationals, a German national who is a UK resident and a Japanese passenger - are more than 24 hours into a 72-hour isolation period at Arrowe Park Hospital.
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Amy Walkerand George Wright AFP via Getty Images Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic Ten people from the UK Overseas Territories of Saint Helena and Ascension Island who were on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius will be brought to the UK to complete their self-isolation.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said they were being moved to the UK as a "precautionary measure" and that none of them were showing symptoms.
Meanwhile, clinical assessments and testing of passengers who were on board the MV Hondius are "well under way" at a Merseyside hospital, health officials said.
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