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. 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.

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. 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. 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.