Nine individuals who came into contact with a person with hantavirus are scheduled to arrive in Britain, according to the UK Health Security Agency. These individuals, asymptomatic contacts from St Helena and Ascension Island, will be transferred to an isolation facility near Liverpool. A medic from Ascension Island, who developed symptoms, is already receiving treatment in Britain. Around 20 former passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, where the outbreak began, are already under observation in Britain. Globally, the death toll remains at three. Health officials have dismissed comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic. There are no vaccines or specific treatments for hantavirus.