Hantavirus pilots to fly home after one night of quarantine with passengers
Two pilots who escorted passengers from a Hantavirus-infected cruise ship to Australia will leave after a night of voluntary quarantine. The passengers are now in a three-week quarantine at a facility designed during the COVID pandemic. Health officials reported that the passengers are doing well and have shown no symptoms since their arrival.
- ▪The pilots and their crew arrived in Perth with six passengers from the cruise ship.
- ▪The passengers are quarantined at the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience.
- ▪The pilots complied with health protocols and are not required to self-isolate.
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