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Americans From the Hantavirus-Stricken Cruise Ship Were Taken to a Quarantine Unit in Nebraska. Here's Why.
At least one passenger tested positive and 17 U.S. citizens and one British national were taken to Nebraska facilities for evaluation.
- Seventeen Americans and one British national evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius arrived at Omaha's Eppley Airfield on Monday for medical evaluation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- Health officials reported seven cases of hantavirus, including three fatalities, on the Hondius while traveling from Argentina toward Cabo Verde; the Andes strain can occasionally spread between people.
- Inside the Nebraska Medical Center biocontainment unit, two individuals are being cared for "out of an abundance of caution," while most passengers remain asymptomatic despite at least one positive test.
- Symptoms can appear one to eight weeks after exposure, prompting daily monitoring within the quarantine unit featuring special ventilation systems designed to limit potential virus spread.
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized Sunday that the risk to the general public remains low, stating "This is not another COVID" as hantavirus typically requires close contact to spread.
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Eighteen American passengers who were on board the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Hondius arrived in the U.S. on Monday, with two of the passengers transported to biocontainment units in Omaha, Nebraska and Atlanta, Georgia.
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