90-Second Read: American passengers exposed to Hantavirus arrive back in US

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 two passengers were taken for monitoring in Atlanta, including the passenger who was showing symptoms.

Officials said the passengers could be monitored either at home or in the hospital for up to 42 days. 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. All other passengers will be monitored in the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha.