MV Hondius, the cruise ship that sparked global alarm after a deadly hantavirus outbreak, is set to end its voyage on Monday, with Rotterdam in The Netherlands being its final destination.
The vessel is expected to dock in the Dutch port between 10 a.m. local time (0800 UTC) and noon (1000 UTC), according to officials
Authorities are making quarantine arrangements for the ship's skeleton crew of 27 people — 25 crew and two medical staff — that have remained on board.
The Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship had been carrying around 150 passengers and crew from 23 countries when it reported three deaths from hantavirus earlier this month.
Hantaviruses come from rodents. People become infected through contact with infected rodents or their urine, droppings or saliva, mainly by breathing in contaminated particles.
