Worldwide race to trace passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Seven Brits disembarked the MV Hondius in St Helena on 24 April before the first confirmed case of hantavirus was reported on 4 May, with four remaining there.One patient is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where the ship stopped in mid-April.Two other British men have confirmed cases. One is Martin Anstee, a 56-year-old retired police officer, who remains in a stable condition in the Netherlands after being evacuated from the ship on Wednesday, while the other remains in intensive care after being flown to South Africa last month.They do not have symptoms but are in contact with health officials. It is understood that medical staff will be sent to the islands to provide support.Two other British nationals are already self-isolating at home in the UK after potential exposure. They are doing so voluntarily and do not have any symptoms.USThe health agencies of five states have said they are monitoring people who were on the ship: two each in Georgia and Texas, one each in Arizona and Virginia, and an unspecified number in California, according to the BBC's US partner, CBS News. None of the individuals were showing symptoms, the health departments said.