Two Britons who returned from hantavirus infected cruise ship told to self-isolate as 'risk to public remains low'

Two people who returned to the UK from the cruise ship that was hit by a hantavirus outbreak have been told to self-isolate.

The UK Health Security Agency added that "the risk to general public remains very low".

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was taking the hantavirus outbreak "incredibly seriously".

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