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U.S. cruise passengers fly back for hantavirus monitoring, as one tests positive

NPR·Pien Huang·23 days ago
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American citizens arrive onshore after being evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris McGrath/Getty Images Seventeen U.S. cruise passengers are expected to return stateside early Monday, after weeks aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak . The Americans disembarked the cruise in the Canary Islands and boarded a medical repatriation flight, arranged by the U.S. government, bound for Nebraska. The Dutch-flagged cruise ship departed from southern Argentina on April 1, and followed an itinerary across the South Atlantic with multiple stops in remote islands. Three of the passengers have died since the outbreak began. During the U.S. return flight, one of the Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus and another showed mild symptoms, according to an X post by the official @HHSGov account.…

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