Lauren Smith wrote this.

This is about public health.

It happened on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 3:01 pm.

Six people will stay in a quarantine facility until the end of next month.

Six people who were on a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak will stay in quarantine until June 23.

Four Australians, one permanent resident, and one New Zealander arrived at a quarantine center on May 15.

The health minister decided to extend their quarantine after two more passengers tested positive for the virus.

Two more people got the virus, so the quarantine was extended.

None of the six people in quarantine are sick.

The quarantine will stay in place until June 23.

The six people were supposed to leave quarantine on June 5.

The people in quarantine are informed and are doing well.

All six people tested negative for the virus again.

Even though they tested negative, there is still a risk of getting the virus in the future.

Two new cases were found, including a crew member and a passenger, making 13 cases total.

Three people have died from the virus.

The cruise ship is in Tenerife.

Hantaviruses are spread by rats and mice.

People can get sick if they touch or breathe in the virus from infected rodents.

The Andes hantavirus can spread from person to person.

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