Passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship are returning to their home countries, some with symptoms, many without. What happens to these people and what is being done to contain the spread?
So far, three people have died, with several others taken ill, after a hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. Hantavirus is a rare rodent-borne illness that has multiple strains of varying severity.
With the ship now docked, passengers are being returned to their countries of residence. Each will face a slightly different process over the coming days and weeks, depending on their infection status and their country's reactions to such outbreaks.
A Dutch couple, who were the first to become ill and later died, had been visiting South America before departing on the ship from Argentina's southernmost town, Ushuaia, in late March.
Argentina's Ministry of Health are investigating whether the couple were infected by exposure to rodent droppings during a bird-watching tour at a landfill site in the town. The World Health Organization (WHO) have confirmed two of the deaths were from the virus, with the other "probable" at this stage.
