UK military personnel parachute onto Tristan da Cunha for Hantavirus response

UK military personnel parachuted onto Britain's most remote overseas territory, Tristan da Cunha, after a case of suspected hantavirus was confirmed. A team of six paratroopers and two military clinicians jumped from a transport aircraft along with oxygen supplies and other medical aid, marking the first time the UK military provided humanitarian support via a parachute jump.

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