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Breaking: Some hantavirus cruise passengers released after 42 days in Perth quarantine
Key takeaways
- The passengers pictured arriving at the quarantine centre in May dressed in full PPE.
- The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealander have been living at a centre originally built for housing COVID-19 patients on the outer fringes of Perth after arriving in the city on May 15.
- The group had been on board the MV Hondius, a cruise ship bound for Antarctica, when an outbreak of hantavirus spread on board in April, ultimately killing three people.
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The passengers pictured arriving at the quarantine centre in May dressed in full PPE. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor)
Link copied Share Share article Some people who were on board a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have been released from quarantine after 42 days living in isolation.
The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealander have been living at a centre originally built for housing COVID-19 patients on the outer fringes of Perth after arriving in the city on May 15.
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