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 What is hantavirus? 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. Continue reading...

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