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American from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive as passengers arrive in Nebraska

The Independent·Owen Scott·22 days ago
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American passengers from the hantavirus -hit cruise ship MV Hondius have arrived in Nebraska for evaluation. ​ The passengers, one of whom is presumed to be a positive case , landed at Eppley Airfield in Omaha shortly before 2.30 am on Monday morning. There were 17 U.S. citizens and one British national, who lives in the U.S., on board the flight, Spanish Health Minister Mónica García told CNN . ​Late last night, the US Department of Health (HHS) confirmed on X that two of the plane’s passengers were traveling in biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution.”​ According to the HHS, one passenger had mild symptoms while another tested “mildly PCR positive” for the Andes variant of hantavirus .…

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