Two Singapore residents who were on hantavirus-hit cruise ship complete quarantine

The 67-year-old Singaporean and 65-year-old Singapore permanent resident were on MV Hondius when it departed from the Argentinian port of Ushuaia on Apr 1. The ship later reported an outbreak of Andes hantavirus.

Both men later disembarked from the ship and were also on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case from St Helena to Johannesburg on Apr 25. That victim did not travel to Singapore and later died in South Africa.

The men arrived in Singapore on May 2 and May 6 respectively and were isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) where they tested negative for hantavirus. 

CDA said at the time that they will be quarantined for 30 days from the date of last exposure, with testing conducted again before their release from quarantine. They will then undergo phone surveillance for the remaining monitoring period of 45 days from the date of last exposure, which is the maximum incubation period for hantavirus exposure.