‘A little boring after two weeks’: what awaits MV Hondius passengers quarantined for hantavirus?

Staff accommodation at Arrowe Park hospital, Wirral, was also used as a quarantine facility in the early days of the Covid pandemic. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/AFP/Getty Images

For the MV Hondius passengers quarantined at Arrowe Park hospital on the Wirral, it is likely to be a period of some anxiety.

But there will be some consolations as they await the all-clear to return to their normal lives, says a veteran of the Covid-19 quarantine at the same site – such as jigsaws, gourmet ready-meals, and even a concierge service.