Hochul Identifies 3 New Yorkers on Hantavirus Ship as 16 Americans Enter Nebraska Monitoring
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Updated · WABC-TV · May 11
Hochul Identifies 3 New Yorkers on Hantavirus Ship as 16 Americans Enter Nebraska Monitoring
8 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · May 11
Three New York residents were aboard the hantavirus-linked MV Hondius, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, adding the state is preparing monitoring plans if they return home.
Sixteen U.S. cruise passengers reached the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Monday—15 entered quarantine and one a biocontainment unit—while two others were flown to Atlanta for further assessment.
A 42-day monitoring period is expected, and Hochul said the New Yorkers could complete it in Nebraska or make other arrangements if they come back to New York.
Three deaths have been tied to the ship outbreak involving the Andes strain, which can spread person to person and has no vaccine or cure, though the CDC says public risk remains low.
New Jersey is already monitoring two residents exposed during overseas air travel with an infected traveler from the ship, underscoring wider U.S. follow-up beyond the cruise passengers.
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