American evacuated from cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus, another has symptoms, HHS confirms

One of nan 17 American citizens evacuated from nan MV Hondius cruise vessel and flown backmost to nan U.S. tested affirmative for hantavirus without symptoms, according to nan U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and different personification had mild symptoms.

Those 2 Americans traveled successful nan plane's biocontainment agreed "out of an abundance of caution," HHS noted successful a Sunday nighttime post connected X.

A motorcade of emergency vehicles drove nan 17 Americans to ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) accommodation astatine nan University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine successful Omaha.

"Each individual will acquisition objective appraisal and person due attraction and support based connected their condition," nan station added.

CRUISE SHIP LINKED TO DEADLY HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK ARRIVES OFF TENERIFE AS PASSENGER EVACUATION BEGINS

This aerial image shows a wide position of nan cruise vessel MV Hondius stationary disconnected nan larboard of Praia, nan superior of Cape Verde, connected May 4, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)

The formation touched down early Monday morning. Three individuals died since nan outbreak started.

"One rider will beryllium transported to nan Nebraska Biocontainment Unit upon arrival, while different passengers will spell to nan National Quarantine Unit for appraisal and monitoring," a Nebraska Medicine Facebook post issued connected Sunday nighttime stated. "The rider who is going to nan Biocontainment Unit tested affirmative for nan microorganism but does not person symptoms. They were managed separately from different passengers during carrier utilizing due biocontainment measures. They will beryllium monitored successful nan Biocontainment Unit retired of an abundance of be aware and follow-up testing will beryllium performed."

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Passengers transportation their belongings successful integrative bags aft being evacuated from nan MV Hondius aft docking successful nan Granadilla Port connected May 10, 2026 successful Tenerife, portion of nan Canary Islands, Spain. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A French individual tested affirmative and her wellness declined successful nan infirmary overnight, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist French Health Minister noted Monday. The outlet reported that nan individual was 1 of nan 5 French group who had been passengers aboard nan alloy who were repatriated Sunday. The female developed symptoms while flying to Paris, Rist informed nationalist broadcaster France-Inter.

"Andes microorganism is simply a type of hantavirus dispersed by rodents successful South America and, little commonly, by different infected people. The rodents that transportation Andes microorganism person not been recovered successful nan United States. It tin origin a terrible respiratory illness successful people, called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)," according to nan U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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"Andes microorganism is nan only type of hantavirus that is known to dispersed person-to-person. This dispersed is usually constricted to group who person adjacent interaction pinch a sick person. This includes nonstop beingness contact, prolonged clip spent successful adjacent aliases enclosed spaces, and vulnerability to nan sick person's assemblage fluids," nan CDC explained.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.