Health Minister announces strict new Hantavirus biosecurity measures

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler announced that the Hantavirus has been classified as a human disease under the Biosecurity Act.

“The Department of Foreign Affairs is still finalising flight requirements,” Mr Butler said.

“We are confident they will be finalised within a 48-hour time frame.

“The Hantavirus has now been listed under the Biosecurity Act as a listed human disease that is able to be the subject of biosecurity orders.

“I just want to reiterate again, this is probably the strongest quarantine arrangement anywhere in the world.”