Two children have died from measles in England this year, with one succumbing to acute measles and the other to its late effects. Health officials report over 100 new cases in the last fortnight, primarily among unvaccinated children under 10.
An outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in Berkshire has resulted in one death at Henley College. Cases have also been identified at Reading Blue Coat and Highdown secondary schools, with health officials providing antibiotics to close contacts.
A meningitis outbreak in Berkshire, UK, has resulted in one death (a student) and two hospitalizations. Close contacts are receiving precautionary antibiotics. The UKHSA assures the risk to the wider public is low.
British paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander said on Sunday. The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British national had disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where they live, with a suspected case of hantavirus. Six paratroopers, a Royal Air Force (RAF)...
Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory• What is hantavirus?Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander said.The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British national had disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where they live, with a suspected case of hantavirus. Continue reading...
Patient remains in south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, say health officials, as vessel heads to Tenerife Explainer: What is hantavirus?A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak, health officials have said.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) had already confirmed two cases among British nationals, who are in hospitals in the Netherlands and South Africa. It said a third has been reported on the south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where the patient remains. Continue reading...
Two British nationals who left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected are already self-isolating at home, say officialsWhat is hantavirus?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 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 St Helena in late April are reporting symptoms, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA). Continue reading...
Pair left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected and are not reporting symptoms, according to UK Health Security AgencyTwo people who were onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have returned to the UK and are self-isolating, British health officials have said.Neither of the two British people, who left MV Hondius at St Helena in late April, are reporting symptoms, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA). Continue reading...
