90-Second Read: LIVE AT 9 A.M.: Update on Americans brought to Omaha after Hantavirus exposure

Health officials held a news conference in Omaha after Americans exposed to Hantavirus on a cruise ship in Spain arrived overnight. Officials clarified that 18 people were brought to Omaha. The patients were brought to Atlanta as to not overwhelm the system in Omaha. A plane carrying the passengers landed just before 2:30 a.m.

For most, that likely means returning home to self-monitor for up to 42 days. The 16th passenger tested positive on the ship but is symptom-free. There were two more passengers on the plane that flew to Omaha. Just before 5 a.m., medical vehicles pulled away from the plane and traveled to the Nebraska Medicine campus.

Fifteen are in the quarantine unit at Nebraska Medicine, but are not showing any symptoms and have not tested positive. The one American who tested positive but doesn't have symptoms is expected go straight to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, which is separate from the quarantine unit, where the rest of the exposed passengers will be treated as needed. Two other people from the ship, a couple, were sent to Emory University in Atlanta and are experiencing mild symptoms but have not tested positive, officials say. Medical leaders say this disease's infection rate is relatively low, but they are taking great care out of an abundance of caution.

First Alert 6 saw three shuttles arrive at Nebraska Medicine at about 5:15 a.m. Right now, the passengers who are all in the assessment phase, they will be here for a few days while we talk about what happens next. Brendan Jackson, acting director of high consequence pathogens and pathology at the CDC.