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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship passengers to quarantine in Perth
Key takeaways
- Multiple people have died while on the hantavirus-hit ship, carrying 88 passengers and 61 crew.
- Five Australians and one New Zealander will be transported to Western Australia on a government plane in the coming days and will be "immediately transferred" to a quarantine facility.
- Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said "national quarantine arrangements" would be enacted to allow the federal government to take control off the states for quarantine and return arrangements.
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Multiple people have died while on the hantavirus-hit ship, carrying 88 passengers and 61 crew. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
Link copied Share Share article Australian passengers who were on board the hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be ordered to quarantine in Perth for at least three weeks, in what the federal government has declared a "precautionary approach" to keep the community safe.
Five Australians and one New Zealander will be transported to Western Australia on a government plane in the coming days and will be "immediately transferred" to a quarantine facility.
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