UK to isolate nine contacts after exposure to Hantavirus

Nine asymptomatic contacts from St Helena and Ascension Island will be transferred to an isolation facility at Arrowe Park Hospital near Liverpool. A medic from Ascension Island, who developed symptoms after contact with a hantavirus case, is already receiving treatment in Britain. Around 20 former passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, where the outbreak started, are also under observation in the UK.