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Montevideo, May 30th 2026 - 07:25 UTC

Stories for May 10th 2026

  • Sunday, May 10th 2026 - 17:08 UTC

    British paratroopers drop onto Tristan da Cunha to treat suspected hantavirus case

    3.3 tonnes of medical equipment were airdropped in three batches, including bottled oxygen, the island's supplies of which had fallen to critical levels

    A British military team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha on Saturday, the United Kingdom's most remote overseas territory, to assist a British national suspected of contracting hantavirus, in the first humanitarian operation of its kind carried out by the British Armed Forces. The island, home to 221 residents, has no airstrip and is normally accessible only by sea.