Final evacuation flights from hantavirus-hit cruise ship land in Netherlands
Those six are expected to remain at a quarantine facility near the airport before being repatriated to Australia.
The final two evacuation flights carrying passengers and crew from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius have landed in the Netherlands, AFP reported.
On board the two aircraft were 28 people evacuated from the vessel, the Dutch foreign ministry said, including passengers, crew members and medical personnel.
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The first flight brought in six former Hondius guests: four Australians, one New Zealander and one British national living in Australia.
Those six are expected to remain at a quarantine facility near the airport before being repatriated to Australia.
The second plane carried 19 crew members, one British doctor and two epidemiologists — one from the World Health Organization and one from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
The crew members disembarked without protective medical gear, though they were still wearing masks and carrying large white sacks containing their belongings.
The Hondius is already making its way from Tenerife to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where the ship is due to undergo disinfection.
Oceanwide Expeditions said 25 crew members and two medical staff remain on board.
The vessel is also transporting the body of a German passenger who died during the voyage.