18 Americans in quarantine after hantavirus exposure on cruise ship

(MedPage Today) -- Of the five people exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship who left a Nebraska quarantine facility for their home states, two passengers went to New York, and one each went to Arizona, California, and Oregon. At least some of...

(MedPage Today) -- Five of the 18 American cruise ship passengers who have been staying at a national quarantine facility in Nebraska after being exposed to hantavirus are going home, U.S. health officials said Monday. The five people will complete...

Five of the 18 U.S. cruise ship passengers quarantined in Nebraska went home Monday, halfway through their quarantine after being exposed to hantavirus, the CDC said.

Five American cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus are leaving a Nebraska quarantine facility

Several patients are being treated for a deadly and rare strain of hantavirus after they were sickened on a cruise ship.

The 18 American passengers exposed to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship are under quarantine at a hospital in Omaha, receiving care as they await a decision on how long...

The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the hospital in Omaha

The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the hospital in Omaha.

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's temporary leader ordered two Americans to quarantine at a Nebraska hospital following their high-risk hantavirus exposures on an outbreak-hit cruise ship. Eighteen recently repatriated U.S. passengers from the MV Hondius...

Two US passengers who were on the cruise ship struck by a hantavirus outbreak have been ordered to stay in quarantine in a hospital in Nebraska.

U.S. health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska.

The Trump administration is forcing two American passengers who were exposed to the hantavirus to stay in a special quarantine facility in Nebraska. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a social media post it has issued quarantine orders for two of the 18 passengers from the M/V Hondius cruise ship to...

U.S. health officials say they've issued quarantine orders for two passengers who were on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska

An American passenger from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship had wanted to depart an Omaha quarantine facility.

The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has potentially exposed passengers to a deadly disease. Most returning Americans are now housed in Nebraska. Some may be cleared to quarantine at home. 

U.S. officials say the number of Americans being monitored after a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has risen. CBS News' Lana Zak reports.

There are no confirmed cases in the United States of the Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month, US health officials said on Thursday, but 41 people, including 18 quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta, are being monitored for possible infection.

The CDC has said 18 people are in quarantine in Nebraska and Atlanta after they were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

The Centers for Disease Control says 41 people are being monitored for hantavirus in the U.S. Eighteen passengers from the cruise ship are being monitored in Nebraska and Georgia, and seven who had returned home before the outbreak were identified. About 16 people may have been exposed on flights to one symptomatic passenger. Lana Zak reports.

The number of people being monitored for hantavirus in the United States has grown to 41, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

There are no confirmed cases in the United States of the Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, but 41 people, including 18 quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta, are being monitored for possible infection. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

There are no cases of the hantavirus infection that triggered a deadly outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius currently in the US, after an American doctor who was considered at risk has been medically cleared, officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring 41 people who were exposed to the virus, either aboard the ship or from contact with one of the passengers after they disembarked, said David Fitter, CDC’s director of global migration health, during a briefing on Thursday. The doctor who treated infected patients on the ship has been cleared and moved to a quarantine facility, the University of Nebraska Medical Center said. Dr. Amesh Adalja, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Bloomberg school of Public Health Senior scholar joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

The CDC says it is encouraging the cruise ship passengers exposed to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak to remain at the special medical facility in Nebraska for the entirety of their 42 day monitoring period. NBC News’ Camila Bernal reports.

A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.

Eighteen Americans are under observation in medical facilities, including 16 in Nebraska, after they were aboard the cruise ship struck by hantavirus. One American has tested positive for the virus. Ian Lee has more.

MV Hondius cruise ship passenger documents his quarantine experience at a Nebraska medical facility as officials monitor a hantavirus outbreak on board.

The total number of confirmed and suspected hantavirus cases from a cruise ship outbreak has reached 11. Health officials in Nebraska and Georgia are monitoring the 18 Americans who may have been exposed. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has the latest.

A hantavirus outbreak that killed three cruise ship passengers has now reached the U.S. One American is in a Nebraska biocontainment unit -- and two Mid-Atlantic states are monitoring residents for exposure.

Americans impacted by the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship are back in the U.S. for treatment or observation in Nebraska or Georgia. CBS News' Ian Lee has the latest.

The Americans who were possibly exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are back in the U.S. in quarantine. Sixteen passengers are at University of Nebraska Medical Center, while two others are at Emory University in Atlanta. Ian Lee reports.

Eighteen Americans are now back in the United States after being stuck on a cruise ship that was stricken with an outbreak of hantavirus. That cruise seems a strong contender for among the worst in history — the passengers became stuck early last month, when a handful became sick. Since then, three passengers have died […]

The 18 Americans who were aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have returned to the U.S. and are now in quarantine. One remains in the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after testing positive. Ian Lee has more.

The 18 Americans evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrived at medical facilities in Omaha and Atlanta. One passenger who tested mildly positive and another showing symptoms were placed in isolation. NBC News’ Camila Bernal reports.

Seventeen Americans and a dual U.S.-British citizen are back in the U.S. after being evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has the latest.

The ship at the epicenter of the hantavirus outbreak has been evacuated, and 16 Americans have now been transported to a specialized quarantine unit in Nebraska. Two are at a similar unit in Atlanta. The virus has claimed the lives of three people, including a Dutch couple and a German citizen. William Brangham discussed the virus with Dr. Ashish Jha.

18 Americans who were on the hantavirus-hit luxury cruise ship arrived back to the United States early Monday.

The Americans who were exposed to hantavirus aboard a cruise ship are now quarantining back in the U.S. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins to explain what happens next and the current risk of spread.

Eighteen U.S. passengers have returned stateside after weeks on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak. They're being monitored at specialized medical facilities.

(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...

Fifteen US citizens exposed to hantavirus on the Hondius cruise ship are under observation at the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Nebraska, but their accommodations are closer to ship’s cabins than cold hospital rooms.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials said on Monday that 18 passengers from the luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak were flown back to the U.S. and quarantined, with the one passenger who tested positive in a Nebraska biocontainment unit. The passengers are currently being monitored for hantavirus at U.S. medical […]

Americans from the hantavirus cruise ship are being assessed and monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska. NBC News' Camila Bernal reports on where the passengers are staying.

OMAHA, Nebraska — Passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were being flown home Monday to more than 20 countries and quarantined, including a French woman and an American who tested positive. Passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the MV Hondius anchored in the Canary Islands. Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that continued Monday. Three cruise ship passengers have died, and six people with confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus are being quarantined, according to the World Health Organization. The lab results of the American who tested positive were inconclusive, WHO spokesperson Sarah Tyler said Monday. Health authorities say the risk to the broader public is low from the first-ever hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. While there is no cure or vaccine for hantavirus, the WHO says early detection and treatment improves survival rates. The ship's captain, Jan Dobrogowski, issued a video message Monday praising

Eighteen people from a cruise ship that faced an outbreak are being monitored at medical facilities in Nebraska and Georgia. One tested positive for the Andes virus, health officials said.

Most of the Americans who were on a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak were taken to specialized facilities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The Americans who were evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are back in the U.S. They are now being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska. Ian Lee reports on the passengers and Dr. Jon LaPook has more on the outbreak.

American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius are being cared for in Nebraska and Atlanta as health officials decide how to move forward.

Health officials in Nevada spoke to reporters on Monday after American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrived at the state's quarantine unit. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder joins to discuss after the news conference.

Health officials provided an update from Omaha, Nebraska, after most of the American passengers aboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Hondius arrived there for medical treatment. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports on the steps being taken by health officials to ensure containment, as well as the status of the ship itself, which is anchored in Spain.

US citizens who were on the Hondius cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are now being isolated in Nebraska. One person is in a specialized biocontainment unit after testing positive for the rare respiratory disease. Shares of Moderna are rising after the company said it’s working on a vaccine. Sam Fazeli of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.

One of the 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.

One of the 17 American passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship has tested positive for the virus. They are now under quarantine in Nebraska. Ramy Inocencio reports.

One American on the cruise ship that experienced a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, while another is experiencing mild symptoms, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Sunday night. NBC News reported that the 17 Americans who were on the ship had returned to the U.S., with a government plane...

The 17 Americans who were on the cruise ship hit with hantavirus landed in Omaha, Nebraska, early Monday morning, including one person who tested positive and another showing symptoms. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has the latest, while Dr. Céline Gounder breaks down some key facts about hantavirus.

As countries continue to deal with a hantavirus outbreak linked to passengers aboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship, government and public health agencies have begun repatriating both those confirmed to have the virus and those potentially exposed to it. This includes the United States, where 17 American citizens who were on board the ship are being repatriated by the U.S. State Department. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On Monday night, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) confirmed that the repatriation of Americans aboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship had begun. In a post on X, the HHS said that its Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) division, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is supporting the U.S. Department of State with the repatriation of 17 Americans who were on board the cruise ship. That repatriation is being spearheaded by the State Department, which is airlifting the cruise passengers from Tenerife, Spain, where the ship was allowed to dock, to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. The 17 Americans are being flown to Omaha because that’s where the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska is located. The National Quarantine Center is a federally funded facility, which “provides unmatched quarantine monitoring and care for those exposed to high-consequence pathogens,” according to the center’s website. The HHS confirmed that two of the 17 Americans being airlifted are traveling in the plane’s biocontainment units. This is because one of these passengers has tested “mildly” positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus, and the other is currently experiencing “mild symptoms,” according to the HHS. What are the symptoms of hantavirus? Symptoms can start anywhere from one to eight weeks after initial exposure to the hantavirus, according to the CDC. The symptoms can also come in two waves. Early symptoms include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches, “especially in the large muscle groups like the thighs, hips, back, and sometimes shoulders,” the CDC notes. Some patients also experience headaches, dizziness, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain. Late symptoms typically appear four to 10 days after the early symptoms and can include coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and fluid in the lungs. Hantaviruses can cause a disease known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which the CDC says can kill about 38% of the people who come down with the condition. Is there a risk to the wider public? It’s possible, but experts think it’s unlikely. Most hantaviruses can only spread from animals, such as rats, to humans. But the Andes strain, which is the strain that has infected some of the cruise passengers, can be transmitted from human to human. Worse, the CDC says symptoms of infection may not appear for up to 42 days, and since the virus is believed to be most transmissible when symptoms are present, the affected passengers could be contagious for a long time. However, in a May 8 notice, the CDC also stated that the “risk to the public’s health in the United States is considered extremely low at this time.” This is because the Andes strain of hantavirus does not spread easily from person to person. As the HHS noted in a May 10 statement, “transmission is rare and limited to close-contact settings.” In part because of its difficulty in transmitting between people, public health officials have stressed that the Andes hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID-19 situation.

Seventeen Americans who disembarked the MV Hondius are being flown to Nebraska for evaluation after one tested positive and another showed symptoms.

Americans from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak have landed in the United States to be monitored in Nebraska. Officials say one person has tested positive for the Andes strain of the virus and another has mild symptoms. NBC’s Camila Bernal reports for TODAY.

Seventeen US citizens were repatriated from a cruise ship after one tested positive for the Andes strain of Hantavirus. Two were transported in biocontainment units, and upon arrival in Omaha, they will receive medical evaluation and monitoring. 

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a polar expedition cruise ship has led to the evacuation of 17 American passengers to a specialised treatment facility in Nebraska. Discover the latest developments, safety protocols, and expert insights on this unfolding health crisis.

TENERIFE, Canary Islands — One the 17 American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship In the Canary Islands has tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, U.S. health officials said late Sunday. The charter flight was carrying 17 Americans evacuated off the MV Hondius following its arrival in Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off the West African coast. The aircraft was due to arrive in Omaha, Nebraska, early Monday. The Americans would first be flown to the University of Nebraska, which has a federally funded quarantine facility, to assess whether they have been in close contact with any symptomatic people and their risk levels for spreading the virus. “One passenger will be transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit upon arrival, while other passengers will go to the National Quarantine Unit for assessment and monitoring. The passenger who is going to the Biocontainment Unit tested positive for the virus but does not have symptoms,” said Kayla Thomas, a spokesperson for The Nebraska Medical Center. Passengers evacuated from the

TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — U.S. health officials on late Sunday said one of the 17 American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship in the Canary Islands has tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms. The charter flight was carrying 17 Americans evacuated off the MV Hondius following its arrival in Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off the West African coast. The aircraft was due to arrive in Omaha, Nebraska, early Monday. READ: Hantavirus: Deadly rodent-borne disease with no known cure The Americans would first be flown to the University of Nebraska, which […]...Keep on reading: US evacuee from Canary Islands cruise tests positive for hantavirus

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms for the pathogen aboard their separate aircraft.

Passengers are returning to their home countries after weeks on the ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak. The Americans aboard are headed for Nebraska to be evaluated by health officials.

Americans who were on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are headed back to the United States. They were evacuated Sunday from the Canary Islands. Remy Inocencio is in Tenerife with the latest.

The Americans evacuated from the deadly hantavirus cruise ship are on their way to the Nebraska Medical Center’s state of the art National Quarantine Unit. It is unclear how many of the Americans, who are all asymptomatic, will end up staying there and for how long. NBC News’ Camila Bernal has the latest.

The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius were being repatriated to the United States on Sunday after the vessel docked in Tenerife and all the passengers were evacuated.Upon their arrival in Spain, medical teams from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were waiting and interviewed the passengers, whose identities have not been publicly disclosed and who have not tested positive for the virus, about their exposure on the cruise. Continue reading...

The 17 Americans still stranded aboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship are set to be evacuated to a quarantine center in Nebraska in the coming days, the CDC said Sunday – but not until after the 13 Spanish nationals aboard disembark. The MV Hondius docked in Tenerife Sunday to begin the weeklong evacuation process...

The CDC is taking unprecedented measures, arranging a quarantine flight to transport affected Americans directly to the US.

Seventeen Americans are being prepared to be evacuated off the hantavirus-plagued cruise ship and taken to a Nebraska.

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) said Friday it was organising an evacuation flight for Americans on a hantavirus-struck cruise ship that has sailed to the Canary Islands, which are part of Spain. "The Department of State is arranging a repatriation flight to support the safe return of American passengers on this ship," a State Department spokesperson said. The State Department said it was coordinating with the Spanish Government as well as other US federal agencies. "We are in direct communication with Americans on board and are prepared to provide consular assistance as soon as the ship arrives in Tenerife, Spain," the spokesperson said on condition of anonymity. The ship operator earlier said that 17 Americans were onboard. The State Department did not immediately give a number of US passengers. Three passengers from the MV Hondius — a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman — have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents. The only hantavirus strain that can transmit from person to person — Andes virus — has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern. The ship is due in Tenerife on Sunday. The flight will then take the American cruise passengers to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, and then on to a national quarantine facility at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. "At this time, the risk to the American public remains extremely low," the CDC said. Nebraska Medicine, a health care network, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center said that the US citizens will be cared for in the federally funded National Quarantine Unit. "At this time, the individuals being monitored are well with no symptoms of illness," they said in a statement. The World Health Organization has said that the United States is among 12 countries with nationals who have already left the ship, on the remote British island of Saint Helena on April 24.

The U.S. government plans to evacuate Americans from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak and quarantine them at a Nebraska facility.

The State Department is arranging a flight from the Canary Islands back to the U.S. where the 17 Americans on board the cruise ship will isolate at the the national quarantine unit at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports. 

US CDC personnel are reportedly meeting ship in Canary Islands to accompany Americans on a flight to NebraskaThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly sending personnel to the Canary Islands to meet the cruise ship affected by the hantavirus outbreak, with plans to accompany American passengers back to the US on a chartered flight and place them into quarantine in Nebraska.An additional CDC team is already headed to Nebraska, according to unnamed sources who spoke with CNN. The sources indicated that passengers are expected to undergo quarantine measures there to help prevent any possible spread of the virus. Nebraska is home to both the federally supported National Quarantine Unit and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Continue reading...