STORY: A British army team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha on Saturday (May 9) to deliver medical supplies after one person on the island was suspected of contracting hantavirus.

A British man was suspected of having the disease on Britain's Tristan da Cunha, the nation's Health Security Agency said. Officials said he was a passenger on the Hondius, which was at the island from April 13 to April 15.

The announcements of new cases far from the vessel fuelled concern about a wider spread of the virus, although WHO officials have repeatedly said the risk to the public at large is not high and the virus is not transmitted easily.

Tristan da Cunha, home to only around 200 people, is halfway between South Africa and South America. It is the world's remotest inhabited island, more than 1,500 miles (2,400 km) and a six-day boat ride from St Helena, its nearest inhabited neighbour.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: IN AIR (MAY 9, 2026) (BRITAIN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - For Editorial use only. Mandatory on-screen credit “UK MOD Crown copyright 2026.”)

1. PLANE FLYING ABOVE CLOUDS

2. RAF A400M TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

3. PARATROOPERS JUMPING FROM AIRCRAFT

TRISTAN DA CUNHA (MAY 9, 2026) (BRITAIN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - For Editorial use only. Mandatory on-screen credit “UK MOD Crown copyright 2026.”)

4. RAF A400M TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT FLYING OVERHEAD WITH PARATROOPERS ON GROUND AND ANOTHER DEPLOYING PARACHUTE

5. STILL OF PARATROOPERS ON PLANE (MUTE)

6. STILL OF PARATROOPERS PREPARING SUPPLIES (MUTE)

7. STILL OF PARATROOPERS PREPARING TO JUMP FROM PLANE (MUTE)

8. STILL OF PARATROOPER SPREADING HIS ARMS (MUTE)

9. STILL OF PARATROOPERS APPROACHING THE GROUND WITH PARACHUTES DEPLOYED (MUTE)

10. STILL OF PARATROOPER APPROACHING THE GROUND WITH PARACHUTE DEPLOYED (MUTE)

11. STILL OF PARATROOPERS HOLDING UP BRITISH NATIONAL FLAG (MUTE)

12. STILL OF SUPPLIES BEING MOVED (MUTE)

ASCENSION ISLAND (MAY 9, 2026) (BRITAIN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - For Editorial use only. Mandatory on-screen credit “UK MOD Crown copyright 2026.”) (MUTE)

13. STILL OF SUPPLIES IN WAREHOUSE

14. STILL OF SUPPLIES IN WAREHOUSE

15. STILL OF OXYGEN TANKS IN WAREHOUSE