US Cruise Ship Passengers Monitored for Hantavirus in Nebraska
Health officials said most of the 18 exposed passengers are in quarantine, while one asymptomatic positive patient is in a biocontainment unit.
- On Monday, 18 passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrived at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, including 17 American citizens and one British resident of the United States.
- The Andes variant of hantavirus prompted evacuation after the ship docked in the Canary Islands on Sunday; unlike typical strains, this variant can spread between people in rare cases.
- Nebraska Medicine is currently monitoring 15 passengers in quarantine and one in the biocontainment unit, while two others were flown to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for further assessment and care.
- While most passengers remain asymptomatic, one person in Omaha tested positive for the virus; patients face a potential 42-day monitoring period recommended by the World Health Organization.
- As the ship returns to the Netherlands for disinfection, captain Jan Dobrogowski praised the crew's "courage and selfless resolve," with the vessel having departed Ushuaia on April 1 carrying passengers from more than 20 countries.
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What care will passengers from hantavirus-struck ship receive in Omaha?
Nebraska Medicine doctors said Monday morning it conducted brief assessments of the passengers from the ship with the Hantavirus outbreak as they arrived. After allowing them to rest, they'd do further assessment, including determining how close to exposure they may have had.
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