Cruise passenger shows life inside Nebraska quarantine after hantavirus exposure scare

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One of nan passengers aboard nan MV Hondius cruise ship posted video showing his quarantine room astatine nan National Quarantine Unit astatine nan University of Nebraska Medical Center successful Omaha arsenic officials show a hantavirus outbreak tied to nan voyage.

Jake Rosmarin, a rider presently nether quarantine, has been documenting his acquisition connected social media, posting videos from some nan vessel and nan aesculapian facility. Fox News Digital has not independently verified nan video.

Health officials person said nan passengers are being monitored retired of be aware aft imaginable vulnerability to Andes virus, a type of hantavirus, and person emphasized that nan consequence to nan nationalist remains low.

In 1 caller clip, Rosmarin showed his room, which included a wall-mounted manus sanitizer, a thermometer and different wellness provisions. The room besides featured a stationary bike.

CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER DESCRIBES UNCERTAINTY AFTER 3 DEATHS AMID HANTAVIRUS PROBE

American passengers from MV Hondius disembark successful Omaha Nebraska

American passengers from nan MV Hondius get successful Omaha, Nebraska, aft flying from Tenerife, Spain. (Nick Ingram/AP)

"I tin person worldly sent present for nan long of my stay, truthful I'm decidedly going to beryllium getting immoderate things for maine to consciousness much astatine location and much comfortable," Rosmarin said.

He added that he plans to proceed sharing updates successful nan coming days and said he is presently emotion "well."

Rosmarin besides said he has not tested affirmative for hantavirus.

The footage shows conditions wrong nan quarantine portion arsenic wellness officials monitor passengers for imaginable exposure pursuing nan outbreak.

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Medical unit nonstop immoderate of nan past passengers to beryllium evacuated from nan MV Hondius connected May 11, 2026

Medical unit nonstop immoderate of nan past passengers to beryllium evacuated from nan MV Hondius connected May 11, 2026 successful Tenerife, portion of nan Canary Islands, Spain. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Health officials person said passengers whitethorn beryllium allowed to leave nan Nebraska installation earlier a 42-day monitoring play ends if they meet definite conditions, including remaining symptom-free and being capable to safely isolate astatine home.

Officials will besides measure whether individuals tin support interaction pinch section wellness departments and quickly entree testing aliases aesculapian attraction if symptoms develop.

Of nan 18 individuals transported to nan U.S. aft nan outbreak, 16 are successful Nebraska and 2 are successful Atlanta. Most are successful quarantine, while one individual was placed in a biocontainment portion aft an earlier trial result.

Passengers watching others disembarking from nan hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise vessel astatine port

Passengers watch arsenic others disembark from nan hantavirus-stricken cruise vessel MV Hondius astatine nan larboard of Granadilla successful Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, connected May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

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Officials person emphasized that nan risk to nan wide public remains low, noting that nan Andes version of hantavirus does not dispersed easy and typically requires prolonged, adjacent interaction pinch a symptomatic individual.

Fox News Digital's Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.

Brittany Miller is simply a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital. Tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and @BrittMillerFox connected X.

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