Cacdac Says some Pinoy Seafarers on Hondius Under Quarantine in Netherlands
- The MV Hondius cruise ship with hantavirus cases will arrive at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands next Monday, where most crew members will face a six-week quarantine.
- The ship carries 27 people, including 17 Filipinos, four Dutch, four Ukrainians, one Russian, and one Polish national.
- Dutch health officials recommend the 17 Filipino crew members stay in the Netherlands for quarantine due to limited quarantine enforcement and medical care in their home country.
- The vessel will be cleaned by a specialized company following Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and World Health Organization guidelines, with protective measures ensuring cleaners do not require quarantine afterward.
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The cruise ship MV Hondius, which linked Ushuaia to the Cape Verdean archipelago, has seen its voyage disrupted by cases of hantavirus. The ship is expected Monday, in Rotterdam. A drastic process awaits the ship's personnel. - Hantavirus: disinfection of the ship, quarantine of the crew... which awaits the MV Hondius upon its arrival in Rotterdam (International).
Cacdac says some Pinoy seafarers on Hondius under quarantine in Netherlands
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac on Friday reassured that all 38 Filipino seafarers aboard the MV Hondius vessel tested negative from the hantavirus, as some of them are undergoing strict quarantine in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Most crew members aboard MV Hondius to undergo quarantine in Rotterdam upon arrival
THE HAGUE, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government announced on Friday that the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius is expected to arrive at the Port of Rotterdam next Monday, with most crew members set to undergo a six-week quarantine in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
In the Port of Rotterdam, 23 portable cabins are being prepared to accommodate the foreign passengers of the cruise ship Hondius. It is still unclear whether they will actually remain there for the mandatory six-week quarantine period. However, that option is being taken into account, reports the GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, which will test the crew and medical staff upon arrival.
The Dutch government announced on Friday that the MV Hondius cruiser, affected by hantavirus, will arrive at the port of Rotterdam next Monday. Most of the crew will have to undergo a six-week quarantine in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. “Rotterdam has been designated in the Netherlands as a port for the management of infectious diseases in maritime transport,” according to a letter sent to parliament on Friday and signed by Sophie Hermans, Dutch M…
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