Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic

For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who ...

Major test for AUS after cruise ship disaster

Australia’s pandemic preparedness faces its first major test since Covid-19 as authorities quarantine cruise passengers exposed to a deadly virus strain.

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship Australians isolating in Perth unlikely to be paid out, experts say

But the lawyer who led the class action in the COVID-19 era Ruby Princess case has warned the cruise company will likely argue Australian law had no jurisdiction over the matter.

Hantavirus, COVID, norovirus, legionnaires’: why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks?

Legionnaires’ disease (a serious lung disease caused by bacteria) shows a different kind of risk. It is not usually spread ...