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Australia charters flight to bring nationals home from hantavirus-stricken luxury cruise
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Australia charters flight to bring nationals home from hantavirus-stricken luxury cruise

Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia will repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak , on a charter flight due to land in Perth on Tuesday. The ship, carrying 146 people, arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday morning after three people died of the virus and eight others became ill. Passengers and crew were confined to their cabins to help stop the spread of the virus. Continue reading...

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