Overview
- WHO confirmed on Wednesday that the total linked case count has reached 13, including 11 lab-confirmed infections and two probable cases, and that three people have died.
- The outbreak began aboard the Dutch-flagged expedition ship MV Hondius and prompted multinational evacuations, repatriation flights and hospital isolation of symptomatic passengers and crew.
- Oceanwide Expeditions is carrying out additional cleaning in Rotterdam on public-health advice and plans to resume sailings from June 13 after final inspection.
- Australia extended quarantine for six returnees to the full 42-day incubation period at the Bullsbrook facility after two new cases were reported in Europe, and other countries have kept strict monitoring in place.
- U.S. federal monitoring orders that would require continuous external guardians for some returning Americans have drawn state pushback, and labs are sequencing samples and testing rodents while officials warn more cases may still appear because of the long incubation period.