Evacuated passengers test positive and develop hantavirus symptoms on flights home
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Updated · News10NBC · May 11
Evacuated passengers test positive and develop hantavirus symptoms on flights home
13 articles · Updated · News10NBC · May 11
A US evacuee from the MV Hondius tested positive without symptoms, while one of five French passengers became ill mid-flight after the ship reached Tenerife.
More than 140 people from over 20 countries were being repatriated under strict isolation, with Americans sent to Nebraska and French passengers hospitalized in Paris.
The outbreak has killed three people and infected five earlier disembarked passengers; WHO says public risk remains low, though the Andes strain may rarely spread between people.
If the public risk is 'extremely low,' why the dramatic airlifts to top-level biocontainment units?
With an 8-week incubation, why aren't all exposed passengers tested to prevent silent community spread?
How did a modern cruise ship become an incubator for a deadly virus that now jumps between humans?