@maddiemassy: Five Aussies and one Kiwi who were aboard MV Hondius have landed in Australia and are now in quarantine. What's the risk for hantavirus spreading in Australia? Refs: ABC News, 2026, ‘Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience to be used to quarantine passengers from hantavirus ship’ Medina et al., 2008, ‘Ecology, Genetic Diversity, and Phylogeographic Structure of Andes Virus in Humans and Rodents in Chile’ News.com.au, 2026, ‘Returned Australian passengers from hantavirus ship learn test results’ Smith et al., 2025, ‘Identification and epidemiological analysis of a putative novel hantavirus in Australian flying foxes’ World Health Organisation, 2026, ‘Laboratory testing of Andes virus (Orthohantavirus andesense) infection #hantavirus #diseaseoutbreak #mvhondius #sciencefacts #STEM

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