6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
Published on: May 15, 2026, 3:49 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
MELBOURNE, May 15: Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. The Gulfstream long-range business jet carrying them from the Netherlands landed at RAAF Base Pearce outside the Western Australia state capital, Perth. The passengers and crew were to be moved to the nearby Bullsbrook quarantine facility. Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said Thursday the government would implement “one of the strongest quarantine […]
