British man hauled out of Italian bar when he was meant to be in quarantine for hantavirus

A British man in his 60s has been detained in a bar in Italy despite being under strict quarantine orders linked to the growing hantavirus outbreak connected to the MV Hondius cruise ship.The man and his travelling companion were apprehended in Milan before being transferred to hospital facilities at Sacco Hospital. Authorities had ordered the pair to remain in isolation until June 6 as part of a 42-day quarantine period following possible exposure to the virus.The British man had reportedly travelled on the same flight as Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, who died after flying from St Helena to Johannesburg following infection with the disease. Mirjam was the wife of Leo Schilperoord, 70, who is ...