Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-affected cruise ship MV Hondius began flying home from the Canary Islands on Sunday, with one American passenger testing positive for the virus and a French passenger developing symptoms aboard separate aircraft. The American who tested positive is not showing symptoms, while the French traveler and other French passengers were placed in strict isolation with plans to be tested. Three people have died since the outbreak began, and five people who left the ship earlier are infected with hantavirus.
- 🇺🇸 The American passengers were flown to Omaha, Nebraska, with one passenger designated to be transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, a federally funded quarantine facility used previously for COVID-19 and Ebola patients.
- 🇫🇷 A French passenger developed symptoms during their flight to Paris, and all five French passengers were placed into strict isolation with health monitoring plans.
- 🏥 WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “This is not another COVID. And the risk to the public is low,” urging the public not to panic about the outbreak.
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