US Officials: Hantavirus Risk to Americans 'Very Low'
One passenger tested positive and 15 others are in quarantine as health officials monitor for symptoms during the virus’s 42-day incubation period.
- On Monday, May 11, 18 American citizens evacuated from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius returned to the United States and were transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for assessment amid an Andes hantavirus outbreak.
- The Andes virus is the only hantavirus known to spread from person to person and typically transmits through contact with infected rodents in South America; this outbreak has already resulted in at least three deaths and eight cases.
- One passenger tested positive for the virus but remains asymptomatic, while another is receiving care at an Emory University biocontainment unit in Atlanta, Georgia, and 15 others at the Nebraska facility currently show no symptoms.
- All passengers will undergo a 42-day quarantine period to monitor for potential symptoms, regardless of whether they remain at the Nebraska facility or return home for isolation.
- U.S. health leaders maintain a strong plan is in place to secure passengers and prevent transmission, while public health agencies reassure that the risk to local communities remains "very low.
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