Transcript: Scott Gottlieb on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," May 10, 2026
Summary
A cruise ship with around 150 passengers, including 17 Americans, docked in the Canary Islands after an outbreak of hantavirus. The Americans are being flown to a quarantine unit in Nebraska, and health experts say the risk to the public is low since the virus spreads mainly through close contact and people usually only become contagious when they show symptoms.Key Facts
- About 150 people on a cruise ship were exposed to hantavirus; 17 of them are Americans.
- The passengers arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands and were checked before evacuation flights.
- The Americans will be quarantined in Nebraska.
- So far, no one is showing symptoms of hantavirus on the ship.
- There have been three deaths linked to this outbreak.
- Six U.S. states are watching for possible exposure linked to the ship or its flights.
- Scientists say hantavirus spreads only by close contact and people are contagious only when symptoms start.
- Alternative treatments like ivermectin have no evidence of working against this virus.
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