US Arranging Repatriation for Americans on Cruise Ship Hit by Hantavirus
Officials said 17 American passengers from the MV Hondius are not showing symptoms and will be monitored for three to four weeks.
- The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine will quarantine 17 American passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship in the National Quarantine Unit following a hantavirus outbreak.
- John Lowe, director of the Global Center for Health Security, said his team began coordinating with federal and state partners immediately after the outbreak was announced earlier this week.
- Dr. Michael Wadman, medical director of the National Quarantine Unit, confirmed the facility has 20 spaces available. Dr. Angela Hewlett of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit noted hantavirus and COVID-19 are "extremely different viruses."
- Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. stated the city provides a welcoming environment with "little to no public health risk" in transport and housing. Governor Jim Pillen emphasized Nebraska's tradition of "stepping up for our fellow Americans."
- UNMC is home to "one of the nation's premier infectious disease and biocontainment centers," according to Congressman Don Bacon. The team remains prepared to monitor the asymptomatic passengers upon their arrival.
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US moving to evacuate American passengers aboard hantavirus cruise ship, quarantine in Nebraska
US officials are evacuating American passengers from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, flying them to a Nebraska military base for quarantine and medical monitoring, the CDC said.
American Passengers On Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship To Quarantine In Nebraska: Report
Washington, May 9 (IANS) American passengers aboard the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak will be quarantined in Nebraska upon arrival in the United States, local media reported, citing an official from the US Centres for Disease Con
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this Friday that they plan to put the 17 U.S. passengers on board the MV Hondius cruiser affected by an outbreak of hantavirus in isolation at a special quarantine center in the state of Nebraska.
State leaders tout world-class care for cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus
Nebraska leaders say the state is "ready to step up and help the nation" as Americans exposed to the deadly hantavirus outbreak will be quarantined at Nebraska Medicine and UNMC.
Americans Aboard Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Will Quarantine in Nebraska, Says CDC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on May 8 that Americans aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, will be sent to a quarantine center in Nebraska. The Dutch-flagged cruise ship, which has 17 Americans onboard, is expected to dock in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on May 10, according to tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions. The CDC said it will send a team of epidemiologists …
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