90-Second Read: 17 American passengers from Hantavirus-hit cruise ship land in Nebraska

American passengers from a Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrived in Nebraska for quarantine and monitoring after one passenger tested positive Health officials provided new details Monday after 16 American passengers exposed to Hantavirus on a cruise ship arrived in Nebraska. The passengers evacuated from the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship landed in Nebraska early Monday. Video above: Passengers exposed to Hantavirus land in Omaha The medical school also has a special unit for treating people with highly infectious diseases that was used early in the pandemic for COVID-19 patients and previously for Ebola patients.

Sister station KETV in Omaha reports the passenger with Hantavirus was separated from the others on board for treatment. The one passenger who tested positive for Hantavirus will stay at the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Officials said the passengers could be monitored either at home or in the hospital for up to 42 days.

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. A French woman evacuated from the cruise ship tested positive for Hantavirus and her health worsened in the hospital overnight, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said Monday. Angela Hewlett, medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, said.