The cruise ship MV Hondius, hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is expected to arrive at the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, on Monday morning (18).
The ship is scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam between 10am and 12pm local time (5am and 7am Brasilia time), although exact arrival and disembarkation times are subject to change, tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions said in a statement.
Upon arriving in Rotterdam, the . The rest of the crew and medical staff will also disembark in a staggered manner, “in close coordination with the cleaning process,” the statement said.
That of the vessel in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, last Monday (11).
The vessel, operated by tourism company Oceanwide Expeditions, departed Ushuaia, Argentina, last month, on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, with stops at some of the most remote islands in the world.
Along the route, several passengers fell ill with the rapidly progressing respiratory disease, the company said. The case resulted in seven deaths from the virus.
Although hantavirus is mainly transmitted through the interaction of humans with rodent secretions, it is the only known variant that can spread through close and prolonged contact between humans. It is found mainly in Argentina (where the ship departed) and Chile.
