90-Second Read: Cruise passengers are quarantining, but for how long? Latest on Hantavirus

Passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the deadly Hantavirus outbreak are at facilities in Nebraska and Georgia. Earlier in the call, officials added that Hantavirus risk to the general public remains low, and the CDC has over 100 staff members actively working on the outbreak. Jake Rosmarin, a Boston travel influencer and one of 18 American passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship at the center of a deadly Hantavirus outbreak, is speaking out about his time in quarantine. One of the two passengers sent to Atlanta was initially symptomatic but tested negative for the Andes variant as of May 12, per HHS.

As of Tuesday, May 12, a total of 11 people around the world have had either confirmed or suspected cases of Hantavirus tied to the MV Hondius outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. All cases are among passengers or crew members from the ship, Ghebreyesus said. The Illinois Department of Public Health said it's investigating a potential case of Hantavirus in an Illinois resident not linked to the deadly cruise ship outbreak. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at a May 11 news conference that the two were moved to preserve space at the Nebraska biocontainment unit.

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius are encouraged to stay quarantining in Nebraska but stopped short of saying they would be kept at the facility for the full 42-day incubation period. Most went to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including 15 people staying in standard quarantine units and one in the center's biocontainment unit. Two passengers, a couple, were taken to a biocontainment unit at Emory University in Atlanta. All Americans in quarantine at the University of Nebraska are asymptomatic as of May 12, the Department of Health and Human Services said.

Spain's Ministry of Health said in a post on X on May 13 that the American with an "inconclusive" test has now tested negative. When two passengers were evacuated to the Netherlands, one of Kornfeld's test samples was also sent to two labs, which turned up different results. Kornfeld told the outlet that he is currently quarantining in the Nebraska biocontainment unit.