Response tracker

MV Hondius Response Tracker: Quarantine and Country Updates

Official-source table tracking quarantine, monitoring, case status, and public-risk statements by country or region. It is not a global surveillance dashboard.

Country Response Table

Country / regionLatest updatePeople affectedResponseMonitoringCase statusPublic risk
Australia2026-05-156 returning MV Hondius passengersPassengers landed at RAAF Base Pearce and moved to the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience for quarantine.Australian CDC described 42 days of quarantine from disembarkation, with at least the first 3 weeks at Bullsbrook.No passenger had tested positive at the time of the Australian CDC update.Not separately quantified in the cited update; response is focused on returning passengers.
Canada2026-05-174 people identified as high-risk individualsPHAC confirmed one MV Hondius passenger positive through laboratory testing and said high-risk contacts are isolating and being monitored.PHAC said all high-risk contacts are isolating and will continue to be monitored closely by local public health.One individual was confirmed positive on 16 May; the travelling partner tested negative and no further Canadian cases had been identified as of the 17 May PHAC update.PHAC said the overall risk to the general population in Canada remains low.
United States2026-05-1418 passengers repatriated on 10 May plus 7 earlier-returned passengers under home monitoringCDC reported that 18 passengers who remained on the cruise ship were repatriated on 10 May to the Nebraska Quarantine Unit for assessment and monitoring coordination.CDC said seven passengers who returned early are being monitored at home by state and local health authorities.CDC said no Andes virus cases had been confirmed in the United States as a result of this outbreak.CDC described the overall risk to the American public and travellers as extremely low.
United Kingdom2026-05-12Returning passengers and identified contactsUKHSA said returning passengers were transferred to Arrowe Park Hospital for clinical assessment, testing, and isolation planning.UKHSA described an isolation pathway of up to 45 days for returning passengers.This tracker does not infer additional UK case counts beyond UKHSA or WHO reporting.UKHSA described risk to the wider UK population as very low.
EU/EEA2026-05-18Passengers and crew from multiple countries, including EU/EEA countriesECDC continues to publish daily updates and support Member States on case finding, contact tracing, testing, isolation, and monitoring.ECDC describes 42 days of follow-up after last potential exposure for identified contacts.ECDC reported 12 total cases as of 18 May: 9 confirmed, 2 probable, 1 inconclusive, 0 suspected, and 3 deaths.ECDC assessed risk to the general population as very low.
Netherlands2026-05-1827 crew members on MV Hondius after arrival in RotterdamECDC reported that MV Hondius arrived in Rotterdam on 18 May with 27 crew members on board after passenger disembarkation and repatriation.This row tracks vessel and crew status; country-level monitoring details should be quoted from Dutch authorities if published.This tracker does not infer Netherlands case counts beyond official WHO/ECDC or national-authority reporting.ECDC assessed risk to the EU/EEA general population as very low.

CSV export: /data/country-responses.csv

How to Use This Table

The table separates official country response from the outbreak case count. A country can have monitored passengers without a confirmed local case.

Counts and response details can change as confirmatory testing, repatriation, and quarantine decisions progress. Use the linked source date before quoting any row.

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