Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak

• Hantavirus outbreak confirmed on cruise ship MV Hondius with ongoing risk of further transmission among confined passenger population
• Passengers face extended quarantine at sea pending epidemiological investigation and disease containment measures
• Clinical teams should maintain heightened awareness for hantavirus symptoms (fever, respiratory distress, renal dysfunction) in returning travellers from affected vessels

While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread.

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