MV Hondius Reaches Rotterdam for Crew Quarantine and Ship Disinfection

Overview

• The cruise ship, which docked Monday in Rotterdam, is disembarking 27 asymptomatic people under staggered Dutch procedures before a full deep clean of the vessel.
• WHO kept its risk assessment at low on Sunday, noting seven confirmed cases and one probable case linked to the outbreak, with three deaths, and warning that incubation can last several weeks and spread needs very close contact.
• Canada confirmed a case tied to the voyage in British Columbia, where the patient is hospitalized and officials say no additional cases have been found so far.
• The UK transferred nine asymptomatic contacts from Saint Helena and Ascension to Arrowe Park Hospital for supervised isolation, with earlier evacuees now completing up to 45 days of home monitoring.
• Argentina has begun trapping and testing rodents around Ushuaia to probe a possible source, though local officials and residents dispute the landfill-rodent hypothesis as unproven.