90-Second Read: LIVE: 2 suspected of Hantavirus exposure from cruise ship arrive in Atlanta

Two people suspected of having exposure to Hantavirus have arrived in Atlanta, according to airport officials. Federal healthcare workers are taking every precaution needed in each of these cases, and there is no risk to the public at this time," they said in a statement. Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and isn't easily transmitted between people. First Alert Chopper saw the patients in full-body protective gear arriving on a Kalitta Air plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport just before 10 a.m. They walked off the plane on the tarmac and a Grady ambulance took them to Emory University Hospital off Clifton Road in DeKalb County where they arrived at around 10:45 a.m.

Kalitta Air is the same airline that transported several Americans from a cruise ship hit by the deadly outbreak to Nebraska, where they are set to quarantine for a number of days. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said during a press conference in Nebraska that the two transported to Emory University Hospital's Serious Communicable Diseases Unit are showing symptoms. Meanwhile, the CDC is working with five states, Georgia, Arizona, California, Texas and Virginia, to monitor seven passengers who previously disembarked from the ship. They did not say if they tested positive for the virus. The flight landed in the early hours of Monday morning and passengers were transferred to awaiting buses and driven away from the airport.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) said they were notified on Monday by the CDC that the two patients were being transported to Emory Hospital. One of them is from Brunswick, according to Atlanta News First's sister station WTOC in Savannah. Symptoms usually show between one and eight weeks after exposure. Return to Atlanta News First for updates on this breaking news story.