‘We don’t know how we’ll get home’: Cork passenger on hantavirus stricken cruise ship

Cork passenger says travellers expect quarantine in Canary Islands but remain unsure how they will return to Ireland

The MV Hondius, a Polar Class 6 passenger vessel, at sea. (Oceanwide Expeditions via AP)

A Cork woman on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship has said she and her travelling companion from Dublin expect to be placed in quarantine when they leave the vessel, but have no clear plan for returning to Ireland.

Ann Lane, from Millstreet, said she has been told that the approximately 150 people on board the MV Hondius are to be taken to the Canary Islands.