The UK has dispatched a rapid response mobile laboratory to a remote island at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship , health officials have confirmed. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on Friday evening that three members of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) had been deployed to the UK overseas territories of St Helena and Ascension in the South Atlantic, following a request for help from the island's government. This follows the earlier