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CDC Sends Teams to Meet Hantavirus Cruise Ship, Repatriate Americans

The CDC is coordinating a biocontainment charter flight and quarantine plans for about 17 Americans after eight cases and three deaths aboard the MV Hondius.

  • The CDC is dispatching teams to meet the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius in Tenerife, Spain, with plans to escort 17 Americans aboard a specialized charter flight equipped with a biocontainment unit.
  • Eight cases have been identified among passengers on the MV Hondius, resulting in three deaths that prompted the coordinated international effort to bring Americans home safely.
  • The State Department is arranging the repatriation flight in coordination with the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services, utilizing a specialized aircraft with biocontainment capability.
  • Six states—Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, and New Jersey—are monitoring seven passengers who previously disembarked, none experiencing symptoms, while Nebraska's National Quarantine Unit stands ready if needed.
  • President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that the administration would soon release information on containment efforts, telling reporters the situation is "very much, we hope, under control.
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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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