Hantavirus Outbreak: Couple Exposed Arrive at Emory University Hospital for Evaluation
Officials said the two patients were transported separately because of capacity concerns, and one was symptomatic while both wore full protective gear.
- On Monday, two passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship arrived in Atlanta and were admitted to Emory University Hospital's Serious Communicable Diseases Unit for evaluation.
- The cruise ship, which docked in the Canary Islands, became the center of an international medical response following an outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus, a rare variant capable of person-to-person transmission.
- Emory University Hospital, one of four U.S. locations with specialized biocontainment units, received the couple to utilize capabilities proven during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated the federal government is coordinating the repatriation, while Georgia officials emphasized no risk to the public.
- Sixteen other American passengers are being monitored at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, as the World Health Organization recommends 42 days of active monitoring for returning passengers.
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2 hantavirus patients arrive at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Both test positive, one symptomatic
According to a report from FOX 5 Atlanta, two passengers who tested positive for hantavirus from the MV Hondius cruise ship landed in Atlanta on Monday morning as part of intensified efforts to manage the ongoing outbreak. The patients touched down at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport around 9 a.m. aboard a specially arranged flight from […]
American Hantavirus Cruise Passenger Develops Symptoms, Transferred to Atlanta
(MedPage Today) -- A total of 18 passengers from the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha for quarantine, but a couple was transported to Emory University in Atlanta after...
Two Cruise Ship Passengers Who Tested Positive For Hantavirus Arrive In Atlanta, One Showed Symptoms * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
Two passengers from the M/V Hondius cruise ship who tested positive for hantavirus arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, and are being taken to Emory University’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit. One of the two individuals showed symptoms. Watch below: BREAKING NEWS: Two passengers exposed to hantavirus have arrived in Atlanta and are being monitored at Emory University Hospital in DeKalb County. pic.twitter.com/GYeyFeMVQq — Everything Georgia (@GAFo…
Hantavirus outbreak: Couple exposed arrive at Emory University Hospital for evaluation
Two people believed to have been exposed to hantavirus arrived in Atlanta on Monday and were taken to Emory University Hospital after being transported through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, federal health officials confirmed.
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