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Passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Perth tomorrow

ABC Australia · May 14, 2026, 3:47 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • The MV Hondius passengers bound for Australia landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday.
  • Five Australians and one New Zealand citizen from the MV Hondius cruise ship are set to arrive in Perth on a repatriation aircraft tomorrow.
  • They are all testing negative for hantavirus and are symptom-free, the federal health minister says.

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The MV Hondius passengers bound for Australia landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday. (Reuters: Piroschka van de Wouw)

Five Australians and one New Zealand citizen from the MV Hondius cruise ship are set to arrive in Perth on a repatriation aircraft tomorrow.

They are all testing negative for hantavirus and are symptom-free, the federal health minister says.

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