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Twenty-two people set to leave hospital after hantavirus isolation
Key takeaways
- The passengers and crew who were on board the MV Hondius will have spent 72-hours isolating at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside and will be expected to isolate for another 42 days at home.
- They include 20 British nationals, a German national who is a UK resident and a Japanese passenger.
- Ten other passengers and crew members are being brought to the UK from British territories in the south Atlantic, Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, as a precaution.
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Olivia Ireland Reuters. A drone view of the accommodation blocks at Arrowe Park Hospital where passengers and crew are set to leave Twenty-two people evacuated from a cruise ship after a hantavirus outbreak are set to start leaving a Liverpool hospital where they have been isolating since returning to the UK.
The passengers and crew who were on board the MV Hondius will have spent 72-hours isolating at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside and will be expected to isolate for another 42 days at home.
They include 20 British nationals, a German national who is a UK resident and a Japanese passenger.
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