US repatriates MV Hondius passengers to Nebraska quarantine facility
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 11
US repatriates MV Hondius passengers to Nebraska quarantine facility
19 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 11
Seventeen Americans were flown from Tenerife in biocontainment units after one tested positive and another showed symptoms, while France said a repatriated woman also tested positive.
Authorities evacuated about 150 passengers and crew from the ship to flights for more than 20 countries, with WHO advising daily monitoring for up to six weeks.
Three people have died and five earlier disembarkers were confirmed infected, but officials and infectious-disease experts say wider public risk remains low because hantavirus spreads less easily than Covid-19.
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