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Former quarantine patients leave after an extended stay at the Centre for National Resilience in Bullsbook.

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First Aussies from hantavirus-hit cruise ship leave quarantine

Three of the six people quarantined north of Perth left the facility this morning.

9:27pm Jun 22, 2026

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Passengers from a chartered flight from the Netherlands arrive under police escort at the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience on May 15, 2026 in Perth, Australia. Six passengers - four Australian citizens, one Australian permanent resident, and one New Zealand citizen - who were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship following a deadly hantavirus outbreak landed at RAAF Air Base Pearce on Friday before being transferred to the Bullsbrook Centre for National Re

Australia

Quarantine extended for Aussie passengers of hantavirus cruise ship

The group will remain in quarantine at the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience, located north of Perth, for another 21 days.

9:46am May 28, 2026

The MV Hondius cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde.

Health

Another passenger positive as hantavirus cruise ship heads to Netherlands

A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is scheduled to arrive in the port city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

6:36am May 18, 2026

The group of six were among the last to be repatriated from the MV Hondius, and included four Australian citizens, one permanent resident, and one New Zealander.

Western Australia

Australians quarantining in Perth learn their hantavirus fate

The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and a New Zealand national quarantining for three weeks in Western Australia's Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience received their blood test results today.

9:49am May 17, 2026

Hantavirus

Australian hantavirus evacuees start three-week quarantine

The group of six, which includes a New Zealand citizen, will quarantine in Perth for at least three weeks.

8:13am May 15, 2026

Hantavirus

Australian passengers on Hantavirus cruise ship en route home

They have all tested negative for hantavirus and are being accompanied by medical professionals.

1:42pm May 14, 2026

The virus will be listed under the biosecurity act, with an order made for them to be quarantined at Bullsbruck Centre for National Resilience near Perth.

Europe

Aussies evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship hit snag in repatriation journey

Australians being repatriated from the virus-struck cruise ship will likely overstay their welcome in the Netherlands.

9:43am May 13, 2026

Ambulances carrying patients evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, leave the Bourget airport, north of Paris, Sunday, May 10, 2026.

Hantavirus

French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung, hospital reveals

A French hantavirus patient is critically ill and is using an artificial lung to breathe, it's been revealed, as the number of people suspected to have contracted the deadly virus grows to 11.

5:17am May 13, 2026

Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience outside of Perth, WA, will house the six hantavirus cruise ship passengers for at least three weeks.

Western Australia

Inside the COVID-era centre where hantavirus cruise passengers are being sent

The Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience cost Australian taxpayers $400 million to build and has scarcely been used in the four years since it was completed.

5:24am May 12, 2026

One the 17 American passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, US health officials said late on Sunday.

Evacuated cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus

An American passenger has tested positive and a French traveller has developed symptoms while on board a flight home.

9:06am May 11, 2026