90-Second Read: Americans onboard Hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US

Upon their arrival in Spain, medical teams from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awaited 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. Of the 17 Americans being repatriated, one had mild symptoms of Hantavirus and another had tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes strain of the virus, the US health and human services department (HHS) confirmed on Sunday night. Addressing concerns over the Hantavirus being compared to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bhattacharya said: "This is not Covid … and we don't want to … cause a public panic over this. The passengers are due to arrive in Nebraska on a special chartered flight, the authorities said. Those two.

The US state department's airlift would transport passengers to the ASPR regional emerging special pathogen treatment center (RESPTC) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and the passenger with mild symptoms would be taken to a second RESPTC, the HHS said. Describing the process after the Americans' arrival at Omaha, the acting CDC director, Jay Bhattacharya, told CNN on Sunday: "We're going to interview them and assess them for risk. In response to the US's decision to not carry out a mandatory quarantine, World Health Organization head Tedros Ghebreyesus told reporters: "Our advice is clear. Nebraska is home to the national quarantine unit and the Nebraska biocontainment unit.

If they weren't in close contact with someone who was symptomatic, then we're going to deem them low risk. If they were in close contact, we're going to deem them medium or high risk. On Saturday, a CDC official told reporters on a call: "We are not quarantining anybody," according to ABC, adding that "it is not recommended to test people that do not have symptoms". Starting from May 10, [we recommend] 42 days with active follow up, 42 days of quarantine but it could be in a facility or at home." "We advise them, we don't impose laws," he added.