Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US following hantavirus outbreak
The American passenger said the ship’s quarantine felt manageable as health officials monitor 18 U.S. travelers for symptoms that can appear for 42 days.
- Eighteen Americans are under observation at specialized facilities following a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, with 16 at the National Quarantine Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and two in Atlanta.
- Eleven cases of hantavirus were reported among the nearly 150 passengers after three people died during the MV Hondius's voyage across the South Atlantic.
- On Tuesday, passenger Jake Rosmarin, 30, told NBC's TODAY show he has had no symptoms and expects to spend 42 days at the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha.
- U.S. health officials are interviewing passengers to determine if home quarantine is viable, as Dr. Mara Jana Broadhurst, medical director for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit Laboratory, said her team is trying to "strike a balance" between monitoring at home and in facilities.
- Given the virus's 42-day incubation period, experts warn additional cases could emerge; Dr. Abraar Karan, an infectious disease physician at Stanford Medicine, noted that home isolation "opens up unnecessary risks" if patients become ill.
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Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in U.S. after hantavirus outbreak
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic. Now,…
Jake Rosmarin is one of 15 passengers who are in complete isolation.
American influencer Jake Rosmarin, who was evacuated from the luxury cruise ship Hondius due to a hantavirus outbreak in Tenerife, has been regularly updating his followers on how he is spending his time in quarantine. He posted a video from the room where he will spend another 40 days. He has nothing but praise for the team caring for the isolated passengers. For example, they made him very happy when they delivered iced coffee to his room.
One of the passengers of the cruise ship Hondius, who is required to quarantine due to the hantavirus outbreak, shared images from his quarantine room in the US on Tuesday.
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