New Delhi, May 10 -- The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius is reviving painful memories for passengers who endured some of the earliest Covid-19 quarantines at sea in 2020, particularly survivors of the infamous Diamond Princess outbreak.

Three passengers aboard the Hondius have died during the outbreak, including two with confirmed cases of the Andes strain of hantavirus and one probable case. The vessel had been sailing from Cape Verde to the Canary Islands when passengers began evacuating near Tenerife on Sunday (May 10).

According to NBC News, former cruise passengers who lived through Covid-era lockdowns aboard ships say the unfolding situation feels hauntingly familiar.

Bill Smedley, a former...