Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on Tuesday
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Australia will repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, on a charter flight due to land in Perth on Tuesday.
The ship, carrying 146 people, arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday morning after three people died of the virus and eight others became ill. Passengers and crew were confined to their cabins to help stop the spread of the virus.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Nick Visser.
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