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Six Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Head to Australia
The six passengers tested negative before departure and will spend three weeks in quarantine under strict health protocols, officials said.
- Six passengers from the cruise ship Hondius arrived at RAAF Base Pearce near Perth on Friday after being evacuated from The Netherlands following exposure to a deadly hantavirus outbreak.
- The travelers were aboard the Hondius when it was exposed to a contagious, rodent-borne hantavirus that has killed three people and infected 11 others, prompting the emergency repatriation from the Netherlands.
- Health Minister Mark Butler confirmed the group tested negative for the virus before departing. They will be transported to the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience for a three-week quarantine, staffed by experts deployed from Darwin.
- Passengers will travel in full PPE for the 15-minute journey from RAAF Pearce to the facility, with Butler implementing strict protocols to ensure zero risk of the virus entering the local community.
- Butler described the quarantine as the "strongest" arrangements globally, with authorities reviewing the three-week period before release due to the hantavirus's 42-day incubation period requiring extended oversight.
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