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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.
- Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center will quarantine 17 American passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship at the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha 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, medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, emphasized hantavirus and COVID-19 are "extremely different viruses."
- Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen stated, "Nebraska has a proud tradition of stepping up for our fellow Americans," while Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. cited "little to no public health risk" in transport and housing.
- Congressman Don Bacon expressed confidence in UNMC, stating the facility is "one of the nation's premier infectious disease and biocontainment centers" prepared to provide exceptional care.
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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.
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