Hantavirus cruise ship passengers arrive in Perth to be quarantined for three weeks
A plane carrying six passengers from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship has touched down in Perth after a repatriation flight from the Netherlands.
A plane carrying six passengers from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship has touched down in Perth after a repatriation flight from the Netherlands.
Five Australians and one New Zealander arrived at RAAF Base Pearce in full PPE about 11am on Friday.
They will undergo immediate testing before exiting the plane and having their passports stamped by Border Force officials.
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The passengers will remain at the facility for three weeks, where they will undergo regular testing.
Aircrew will also be quarantined for two weeks.
No passengers or aircrew are showing any symptoms of the virus.
The travellers were among 147 people aboard the MV Hondius when a rare case of the Andes strain of hantavirus was detected in Johannesburg on May 2 after a British passenger was evacuated after falling ill.
More to come.
Originally published as Hantavirus cruise ship passengers arrive in Perth to be quarantined for three weeks
