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British Army medics have parachuted onto an island in the South Atlantic called Tristan da Cunha.
's most remote inhabited overseas territory with no airstrip and a population of just over 200 people.
The Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docked there in mid-April to drop off a British passenger who lives there.
Two weeks later, he came down with symptoms and is isolating in stable condition.
The Ministry of Defense says six paratroopers jumped out of aircraft in tandem with an intensive care doctor and nurse.
Footage shows three parachutes floating down onto an island meadow dotted with corrugated metal shacks.
The government says oxygen was part of the delivery.
Two other Britons with confirmed cases are being treated in South Africa and the Netherlands.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
British Army medics have parachuted onto an island in the South Atlantic called Tristan da Cunha.
's most remote inhabited overseas territory with no airstrip and a population of just over 200 people.
The Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docked there in mid-April to drop off a British passenger who lives there.
Two weeks later, he came down with symptoms and is isolating in stable condition.
The Ministry of Defense says six paratroopers jumped out of aircraft in tandem with an intensive care doctor and nurse.
Footage shows three parachutes floating down onto an island meadow dotted with corrugated metal shacks.
The government says oxygen was part of the delivery.
Two other Britons with confirmed cases are being treated in South Africa and the Netherlands.
British Army medics have parachuted onto an island in the South Atlantic called Tristan da Cunha.