Tristan da Cunha, the most isolated territory in the world, is undergoing an exceptional military operation following the detection of a suspected antivirus case.
The most isolated island in the world, fear of an epidemic, and the dropping of British paratroopers. This is not an action movie, it’s what just happened in Tristan da Cunha, a tiny territory of the United Kingdom located in the middle of the South Atlantic. British army paratroopers were deployed on-site because a resident is a suspected case of hantavirus. He had stayed on the famous cruise ship. The ship had stopped on this island in mid-April. Since the man was at home, he was left there. This explains this exceptional military and health operation. Drop of 6 paratroopers, 2 doctors, and medical supplies.
In this photo, some of the 221 island residents receive the delivery. The eight dropped soldiers will stay on-site for now, one of the paratroopers testifies. “Obviously, the islanders were very happy to see us and welcomed us very warmly. We did not see the patient, we leave that to the medical team. We took care of the airdrop and we will let them take care of the medical part,” details Captain Georges Lacey, paratrooper of the 14th airborne brigade.
Their role: assess a possible spread of the antivirus and inform the British authorities.
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