90-Second Read: What it's like for passengers isolating in Hantavirus quarantine in Nebraska

Jake Rosmarin tells the BBC what it's like inside the national quarantine unit where he and 14 other passengers are staying in Nebraska. Instead, Hantavirus claimed the lives of three of his fellow passengers on the MV Hondius, sparking an international frenzy over how and where to repatriate others onboard. Rosmarin and 14 other American passengers arrived Monday morning at the National Quarantine Unit, part of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the only federally funded such unit in the US. Jake Rosmarin made an egg sandwich for breakfast Wednesday in his quarantine room in Omaha using ingredients ordered from a numbered menu provided by staff at the medical facility he and 15 others expect to call home for the next 40 days. Hopefully I'll be getting that today." In.

Another US passenger, Dr Stephen Kornfeld, who had helped with the medical crisis while on board, tested positive for Hantavirus and is isolating at a nearby biocontainment unit in Omaha. Two additional American passengers were sent to Emory University in Atlanta, which also has a biocontainment unit. Rosmarin and the other passengers were marooned on board with "seriously ill" travellers as the cruise ship searched for a port that would accept them. When staff entered Rosmarin's room to take blood on Tuesday, they were dressed in even more gear, "and between rooms, they have to take it off and then put on new gear", he said. I'm expecting a mattress pad for my bed and new pillows and things like that." The packages were a mix of items Rosmarin ordered.

The 29-year-old had planned to be back in Boston with his fiance after a 35-day cruise to some of the most remote places on Earth. Facing weeks alone in quarantine, Rosmarin told the BBC on Wednesday that he was adapting to the new routine of "not too much". He and the others quarantined order food each night for the next day from the provided menu; on Tuesday, for example, he requested a No 9, scrambled eggs; a No 18, bacon slices; a No 19, English muffin; No 107, a regular hot coffee; and a No 124, vanilla almond milk. But once I got into this room, it was the best mental headspace I had been [in] since we had found out that something was wrong." Now, in addition to his.

A photographer and content creator, Rosmarin has also been posting social media updates since the early days of the outbreak while still on the ship, with the first being highly emotional when he was clearly scared. His posts since then, however, particularly since arriving in Omaha, have been much more staid, as has his outlook, Rosmarin said. My whole life is on social media, and if I can't be creating content, I don't know what to do with myself," he told the BBC. I think there's people who just want to, you know, show hate, and the hate isn't supported by anything factual. There was so much unknown, and getting those comments made it hard.