Saint Helena

British  

/ ˌsɛntɪˈliːnə /

noun

1. a volcanic island in the SE Atlantic, forming a UK Overseas Territory with its dependencies Tristan da Cunha and Ascension, and the uninhabited Gough, Inaccessible, and Nightingale Islands: discovered by the Portuguese in 1502 and annexed by England in 1651; scene of Napoleon's exile and death. Capital: Jamestown. Pop: 4255 (2013 est). Area: 122 sq km (47 sq miles)

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The French Ministry of Health said it has identified eight French nationals who had contact with the Dutch woman who died from hantavirus on her flight from Saint Helena to Johannesburg.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

A Swiss man who disembarked the cruise ship in Saint Helena tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus, according to Swiss health officials and the WHO.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

One of the dead, a Dutch woman, had left the ship at the Atlantic island of Saint Helena and had flown to Johannesburg where she died on April 26.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

The ship departed Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, then stopped at several remote islands along the way, including Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena.

From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026

We called in both at Saint Helena and Ascension, the former not the lonely sea-girt rock that old books describe, but a charming island of mountain, strath, and glen.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon