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Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US
The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’
TL;DR
- 17 Americans from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius have disembarked in Tenerife.
- They are being repatriated to the United States and will arrive in Nebraska via chartered flight.
- US CDC medical teams will interview and assess passengers for hantavirus risk upon arrival.
- The CDC is implementing hantavirus protocols, not COVID-19 protocols, to avoid public panic.
- The World Health Organization advises 42 days of quarantine with active follow-up for those exposed.