Sydney, May 11, 2026 (AFP) - Australia to quarantine six people from hantavirus ship

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2026-05-11

Australia will place six people from a cruise ship struck with the rat-borne hantavirus in a purpose-built quarantine facility north of Perth for at least three weeks, the government said Monday. The passengers -- four Australian citizens, one permanent resident in Australia and a New Zealander -- are to be kept at Western Australia's 500-bed Bullsbrook centre, originally built for the Covid-19 pandemic. Repatriation flights from Tenerife in Spai......

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