Hantavirus may have spread to one of the most remote inhabited islands on Earth with just 220 residents

Mihaela Măncilă

A new suspected case of hantavirus was found on the tiny Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha — one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth with only 220 permanent residents. On Friday, British authorities confirmed that a local islander of Tristan da Cunha — where the MV Hondius made its first scheduled stop on April 15 — was being treated for a suspected case of the rodent-borne virus, NBC News reported.  Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory, is situated halfway between South