Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US as one tests positive

Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left

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Seventeen passengers to be taken to a Nebraska quarantine center to be assessed, with one testing positive and another showing symptomsExplainer: what happens to all the cruise ship passengers now and will they quarantine?The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius – including one person who has tested positive – have disembarked the vessel after it docked in Tenerife on Sunday and are being repatriated to the US.Upon their arrival in Spain, medical teams from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awaited and interviewed the passengers, whose identities have not been publicly disclosed and who have not tested positive for the virus, about their exposure on the cruise. Continue reading...

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Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US as one tests positive
US news | The Guardian

Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US as one tests positive

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Seventeen passengers to be taken to a Nebraska quarantine center to be assessed, with one testing positive and another showing symptomsExplainer: what happens to all the cruise ship passengers now and will they quarantine?The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius – including one person who has tested positive – have disembarked the vessel after it docked in Tenerife on Sunday and are being repatriated to the US.Upon their arrival in Spain, medical teams from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awaited and interviewed the passengers, whose identities have not been publicly disclosed and who have not tested positive for the virus, about their exposure on the cruise. Continue reading...