Overview
- The ship, which arrived Monday at Calandsteiger 7, moved most of the 27 remaining crew to a secured Europoort site with 23 portacabins for about a month of quarantine.
- EWS Group will start deep cleaning and disinfection Tuesday, a three to four day operation carried out under RIVM, WHO and GGD guidelines while a small essential crew stays aboard.
- RIVM and the local GGD say hantaviruses rarely spread from person to person, and they rate the risk to Rotterdam as minimal as crews undergo testing and daily monitoring.
- The body of a 65-year-old German passenger who died on May 2 remains under specialist care for cremation, with her ashes to be returned to family.
- Operator Oceanwide Expeditions canceled late May and early June sailings and plans to resume service from Spitsbergen on June 13 after the ship is certified clean.