5 Australians to Face Quarantine on Return From Hantavirus Hit Cruise Ship

illustration of a hantavirus testing concept with laboratory tubes containing cotton swabs and hantavirus labels in Paris, France, on May 4 2026. Joao Luiz Bulcao/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty ImagesFive Australians and one New Zealand resident will undergo three weeks of quarantine in Australia after being repatriated from a cruise ship affected by hantavirus, according to the Labor government.The passengers had been travelling aboard the luxury expedition vessel MV Hondius which docked in Tenerife, Spain on May 10.