The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is deploying teams to the Canary Islands and Nebraska after a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, according to CNN.
The CDC plans to escort infected and potentially exposed American passengers back to the United States on a specialized charter aircraft equipped with a biocontainment unit, the report said.
CNN reports the CDC is dispatching teams to meet the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship in the Canary Islands and escort American passengers back to the U.S. on a charter flight. Another CDC team is being sent to Nebraska, where passengers are expected to be quarantined… pic.twitter.com/LUcAvC8wC5
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Passengers are expected to undergo quarantine in Nebraska, home to the National Quarantine Unit and Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Nebraska Medicine said its teams are prepared to safely handle the situation if needed.
According to CNN, at least eight hantavirus cases linked to the ship have been confirmed, including three deaths. Around 17 Americans were reportedly on board.
Several U.S. states, including Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, and New Jersey, are monitoring passengers who previously left the ship. Health officials said none have shown symptoms so far.
President Donald Trump said the situation is “very much, we hope, under control.”
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