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Hantavirus outbreak: Passengers evacuated from cruise ship to leave hospital after 72-hour quarantine

Passengers evacuated from the virus-hit Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are set to begin leaving a specialist isolation facility in the UK after completing an initial 72-hour quarantine period, as health officials continue efforts to contain a rare hantavirus outbreak linked to the vessel.

According to a BBC report, the group — comprising 20 British nationals, a German citizen residing in the UK, and a Japanese passenger — had been isolating at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside after being repatriated from Tenerife.

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