Americans from hantavirus-hit cruise ship to quarantine in Nebraska
Nebraska Medicine will receive and monitor the 17 evacuees in the nation’s only federally funded quarantine unit, officials said.
- On Saturday, the State Department announced plans to repatriate 17 Americans from the MV Hondius cruise ship to the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska for monitoring.
- The cruise ship, carrying more than 140 passengers and crew, is set to dock in Tenerife, Spain, on Sunday following a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives and resulted in six confirmed cases of the Andes strain.
- Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center were asked to "receive and monitor" citizens at the National Quarantine Unit, which features 20 negative-pressure rooms designed to safely isolate patients.
- CDC officials clarified that there is no mandatory quarantine for passengers, who currently show no symptoms, although the agency is "actively monitoring and responding to a hantavirus outbreak."
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Spain to oversee disembarkation, noting that while the Andes strain can spread person-to-person in rare cases, the overall public health risk remains low.
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Americans coming to Nebraska after possible hantavirus exposure may not face mandatory quarantine
Federal officials say Americans coming to Nebraska after possible exposure to hantavirus aboard a cruise ship will not be required to quarantine once they arrive in the United States.
What to know as passengers on cruise ship hit by hantavirus arrive in Spain Sunday
The director-general of the World Health Organization arrived in Spain on Saturday to prepare for the disembarkation of passengers from a cruise ship amid a hantavirus outbreak. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that he is in direct communication with MV Hondius cruise captain Jan Dobrogowski and WHO expert Dr. Freddy Banza-Mutoka, who said no one on board the ship is showing symptoms of hantavirus. U.S. health officials also confirmed there …
17 Americans on Hantavirus Cruise Will Be Flown from Tenerife to Quarantine Center in Nebraska
The cruise ship MV Hondius (Oceanwide Expeditions) which has been trying to find a port following an outbreak of Hantavirus, will be permitted by Spain to transfer passengers at the island of Tenerife. There are 17 Americans on board who will be transferred by the CDC from Tenerife to the National Quarantine Center at the […] The post 17 Americans on Hantavirus Cruise Will Be Flown from Tenerife to Quarantine Center in Nebraska appeared first …
'Poop Cruise' lawyer offers help to travellers on hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Maritime lawyer Frank Spagnoletti, who helped secure compensation for the Carnival Triumph victims, says that while quarantine is a legal reality during outbreaks, passengers are often left in the dark about their rights
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