U.S. Plans Evacuation Flight for Americans on Cruise Ship in Hantavirus Outbreak

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The U.S. government is sending a repatriation plane to evacuate 17 Americans from the MV Hondius cruise ship due to a hantavirus outbreak.
The Americans will be transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which has a specialized biocontainment unit.
The ship is expected to reach the Canary Islands, where passengers will disembark in small groups under isolated conditions.
Spanish officials have refused to allow the ship to dock, and passengers will be taken ashore via small boats to waiting buses and national planes.
The CDC is sending teams to the Canary Islands to assess exposure risks and to Offutt Air Force Base to support the returning passengers.
There are nine confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus, including three deaths, linked to the cruise.

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