Hantavirus cruise ship passengers repatriated under monitoring

Countries are now repatriating passengers from the MV Hondius, the luxury cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak, with governments treating the returns as active public health operations rather than routine travel. Australia has chartered a flight bringing four citizens and one permanent resident home via Perth, while British nationals have been taken to a Merseyside hospital for a mandatory 72-hour quarantine, and American passengers are headed to Nebraska for evaluation.