Reuters Health · 📍 United Kingdom · 16d ago
Britain gets experimental drug from Japan to bolster hantavirus response - Reuters
Britain has acquired an experimental drug from Japan to enhance its response efforts against hantavirus.
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Britain has acquired an experimental drug from Japan to enhance its response efforts against hantavirus.
Nine UK citizens who were exposed to hantavirus are returning to Britain.
The WHO has stated that the risk of hantavirus to the global population remains low. Additionally, a British individual infected with the virus in a Dutch hospital has been cleared to return to the United Kingdom.
A small number of people in Scotland have been linked to a hantavirus outbreak.
A small number of Welsh residents have been linked to a hantavirus outbreak.
Six individuals who were on a cruise ship linked to hantavirus have been discharged from Arrowe Park Hospital and will now self-isolate at home.