Eighteen people from a cruise ship that faced a hantavirus outbreak are being monitored at medical facilities in Nebraska and Georgia. One tested positive for the Andes virus, health officials said.
Eighteen people – 17 Americans and one British national – have returned to the U.S. after evacuating the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius on Sunday. They are now quarantined in either Nebraska or Georgia, as health officials monitor them for symptoms of the sometimes deadly virus. One of 17 American passengers evacuated from the ship and flown to Nebraska also tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, and another had mild symptoms, U.S. health officials said late Sunday. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5872451-5-things-to-know-about-the-quarantined-americans-from-the-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship/ #Hantavirus #CruiseShip #Quarantine #MVHondius