New York Post - World News British army drops paratroopers onto remote Atlantic island to help hantavirus-infected cruise ship passenger By: Chris Nesi 10 May 2026 at 18:47 A team of British Army medics and paratroopers airdropped onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan de Cunha Saturday to render aid to a British national suspected of contracting hantavirus on the MV Hondius.