By Mya Kordic

By Samantha Goerling

Topic: Public Health

June 23, 2026, 6:04 am

In short:

Six people from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak left a quarantine facility in Perth.

All six people are healthy and did not get the virus.

What's next?

The passengers will go back to their homes.

Six people who were on a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak left quarantine after 42 days.

They lived in a special center in Perth after getting off the ship on May 15.

The ship had a hantavirus outbreak in April that killed three people.

The ship left a port on May 6 before the outbreak.

All six people are healthy and did not get the virus.

They left the quarantine facility and went to the airport to fly home.

The group left the facility after six weeks to catch flights home.

The quarantine time was based on when they got off the ship.

The government helped the passengers get to the airport and fly home.

'I'd definitely do it again'

A passenger said he would take the cruise again to see the places he visited.

The passenger liked the first part of the trip to South Georgia and other islands.

Peter Marsh was on the ship and is now in quarantine.

The time in quarantine was manageable, and they were taken care of.

The passenger said the good parts of the trip were better than the bad parts.

It's good to accept that things don't always go as planned.

The passenger liked looking for birds during the quarantine.

Looking for birds kept his mind busy and was fun.

Mr. Marsh was excited to see his family again.

He wanted to hug his wife and children.

The passengers wore protective gear when they arrived at the quarantine center.

June 23, 2026, 6:04 am

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