ROTTERDAM: A luxury liner at the center of an outbreak of hantavirus reached the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Monday, marine tracking sites said, where authorities prepared quarantine arrangements for the 23 crew and two medical staff remaining on board. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius had been carrying around 150 passengers and crew from 23 countries when a cluster of severe respiratory illnesses was first reported to the World Health Organization on May 2. Three people — a Dutch couple and a German national — have died since the start of the outbreak.

27 Menschen dürfen endlich von Bord gehen: Das von einem Hantaviurs-Ausbruch betroffene Kreuzfahrtschiff „Hondius“ wird am Montag in Rotterdam erwartet.

The remaining crew and medical staff aboard the ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak will disembark at the Port of Rotterdam and the vessel will be disinfected.