90-Second Read: Hantavirus live updates: Spanish authorities preparing for M/V Hondius arrival

Global health authorities are working to contain an outbreak of Hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. The total number of confirmed cases associated with the outbreak is increasing, health officials said. May 8, 8:32 PM California says 1 resident under monitoring after returning from cruise ship The California Health Department says they are monitoring one former passenger of the cruise ship M/V Hondius for potential Hantavirus infection. More than 100 passengers remain on the ship, including 17 Americans, and the World Health Organization is monitoring their health. Local health officials are in contact with the one returned passenger," the department said in a news release.

May 8, 6:50 PM CDC deploys team to Canary Islands The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it deployed a team earlier Friday to the Canary Islands, where the M/V Hondius is expected to dock in the coming days. The team will conduct an exposure risk assessment for each American passenger and provide recommendations for the level of monitoring required," the CDC said in a statement. Another CDC team will deploy to Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska, to "support public health assessment of returning passengers. The rooms also contain exercise equipment and WiFi connectivity for patients requiring longer stays. Nebraska Medicine and UNMC also manage the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), which provides medical care to patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases.

Teams will bring back Americans to the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska. To date, three people who were aboard the ship are known to have died of the virus. Officials said that the "overall public health risk remains low" but that there may be some person-to-person spread. Its 20 single-occupancy rooms with en-suite bathrooms contain individual negative air pressure systems to safely house individuals exposed to highly hazardous communicable diseases, according to Nebraska Medicine and UNMC.

Unit personnel consists of a voluntary staff of select physicians, nursing, nursing assistants and respiratory therapists specially trained in high-level isolation and bio preparedness," Nebraska Medicine and UNMC said on its website.