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World - / May 8, 2026 - Passenger from 'Hanta virus' cruise visited school on remotest island Tristan de Cunha, believed to be infected - Amid worldwide scare over Hantavirus, it has now emerged that a passenger from the infected MV Hondius visited a school on the world's remotest island, Tristan da Cunha, colloquially known as Tristan. It is a remote group of volcanic islands in the

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