Soldier on parachuting to Tristan da Cunha for Hantavirus support
Members of the British Military have parachuted onto the distant Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to assist a British nationwide with suspected hantavirus.
Two paratroopers jumped in tandem with an intensive care nurse and a specialist physician. Medical provides have been additionally delivered.
The affected person left MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by a lethal outbreak of the virus, in mid-April at Britain’s most distant inhabited abroad territory, the place he lives.
Captain George Lacey, who jumped with the Pathfinders Platoon, based mostly at Colchester Garrison, mentioned excessive winds made it the mission “a very difficult one”.
He mentioned the crew could be on the island for a number of days awaiting restoration, as a result of “sadly, you possibly can’t parachute again off the island”.
