The WA Department of Health is providing support to the national response to the repatriation of Australians following an outbreak of Hantavirus onboard a cruise ship off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Australian Government has stood up the Bullsbrook National Resilience Centre which includes onsite medical facilities. At time of publication, the Australian Government has confirmed that none of the passengers who have been repatriated to isolate here are displaying symptoms of the virus.
Hantavirus is spread by inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people.
For more information, see the Australian Centre for Disease Control website.