CDC will reportedly bring Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise to US for quarantine
Summary
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sending teams to the Canary Islands to help American passengers on a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak return to the US. The passengers will be quarantined in Nebraska to prevent the virus from spreading.Key Facts
- The CDC is meeting a cruise ship in the Canary Islands with hantavirus cases onboard.
- American passengers will be flown back to the US on a special flight.
- Quarantine will take place in Nebraska, where special medical units are ready.
- Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) are coordinating the care efforts.
- The US State Department is working with the CDC, Health and Human Services, and Spain for the repatriation.
- About 17 Americans are on the cruise ship operated by Oceanwide Expeditions.
- There are five confirmed and three suspected cases of Andes virus, a hantavirus.
- Three people have died, and three more were hospitalized, with some in intensive care.
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