United Kingdom
The UK applies the strictest protocol: 45 days of mandatory isolation at Arrowe Park Hospital, the former COVID quarantine site. No public transport allowed for the return home.
Key facts
- Headcount 20 British nationals
- Confinement Mandatory 45-day isolation at Arrowe Park Hospital (former COVID quarantine site)
- Pre-flight testing All tested in Tenerife before flight to UK
- Clinical assessment Within 72h after arrival
- Daily follow-up Daily contact with UKHSA Health Protection Teams
- Phase 2 Possible home isolation after assessment, depending on housing conditions
Health authority
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) coordinates the response for MV Hondius passengers returning to United Kingdom.
Local news
Press articles mentioning United Kingdom, in all languages covered by our news monitor.
In English (or local language)
- Radboudumc door miscommunicatie en ‘druk uit overleg’ in de fout met hantavirus - nu.CW nu.CW · NL
- Radboudumc ging door miscommunicatie en ‘druk uit overleg’ fout in met hantavirus - nu.CW nu.CW · NL
- Radboudumc door miscommunicatie en 'druk uit overleg' in de fout met hantavirus - nu.nl nu.nl · NL
- Defence Medics parachute into Tristan da Cunha to treat hantavirus patient - GOV.UK GOV.UK · GB
- UK launches a study of Andes hantavirus using a pre‑approved outbreak protocol - University of Liverpool University of Liverpool · GB
- Canada confirms first hantavirus case in isolation in British Columbia The Guardian — World · GB
- UK sends rapid response team to remote island after hantavirus cruise ship outbreak - The Independent The Independent · GB
- What you need to know about the hantavirus outbreak linked to the Dutch cruise ship - GOV.UK blogs GOV.UK blogs · GB
- Ten more people to be flown to UK for hantavirus monitoring after cruise - BBC BBC · GB
- British passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolating in hospital - BBC BBC · GB
- Hantavirus cruise ship passengers enter isolation facility after evacuation to UK - The Guardian The Guardian · GB
- Where is hantavirus quarantine hospital site Arrowe Park? - BBC BBC · GB
- British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case The Guardian — World · GB
- UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island - Al Jazeera Al Jazeera · GB
- Britons on hantavirus-hit ship to be asked to isolate back in UK for 45 days - The Guardian The Guardian · GB
- UKHSA update on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak - GOV.UK GOV.UK · GB
- Foreign Secretary's statement: Hantavirus outbreak, 6 May 2026 - GOV.UK GOV.UK · GB
- Sick British crew member to be urgently evacuated as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Canary Islands - The Guardian The Guardian · GB
- British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship - theguardian.com theguardian.com · GB
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