Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US
by Maya Yang from on (#75H7C)
The 17 passengers to be transferred to a quarantine center in Nebraska to assess them for risk', as one tests positive and another shows symptoms
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.
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