United States
The United States applies a strict protocol: the 17 American passengers are escorted by a CDC team to the National Quarantine Center in Omaha (Nebraska) before any return home to their state of residence.
Key facts
- Headcount 17 American nationals
- Confinement Initial quarantine at the National Quarantine Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha
- Medical flight US government charter → Offutt Air Force Base (Nebraska)
- States involved Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, Virginia (at least 5 states)
- Follow-up Individual CDC risk assessment on site + handover to State health departments
- CDC level Level 3 emergency response activated
Health authority
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coordinates the response for MV Hondius passengers returning to United States.
Local news
Press articles mentioning United States, in all languages covered by our news monitor.
In English (or local language)
- Americans evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship off Spanish island - NBC News NBC News · GB
- Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US The Guardian — World · GB
- Americans evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship off Spanish island NBC News — Health · US
- 17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska - NBC News NBC News · GB
- ‘Empty and vapid’ CDC finally responds to hantavirus outbreak. But experts say it’s too little, too late - The Guardian The Guardian · GB
- Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship - AP News AP News · US
- ECDC publishes guidance for the management of passengers linked to the Andes hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship ECDC — Press
- CDC Set to Meet Americans From the Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship NBC News — Health · US
- 7 states prepare to receive Americans possibly exposed to hantavirus NBC News — Health · US
- New plan to evacuate Americans from Hantavirus cruise NBC News — Health · US
- Hantavirus: Current Situation - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) · GB
- Lack of U.S. response to hantavirus outbreak worries public health experts NPR — Health · US
- U.S. plans evacuation flight for Americans on cruise ship in hantavirus outbreak - CBS News CBS News · GB
- 17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska NBC News — Health · US
- U.S. departure from WHO could hinder hantavirus response NBC News — Health · US
- Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update NPR — Health · US
- 5 U.S. states monitoring passengers who departed cruise ship stricken by hantavirus - CBS News CBS News · GB
- 5 U.S. states monitoring passengers who departed cruise ship stricken by hantavirus - CBS News CBS News · US
- U.S. Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in Georgia, California and Arizona - The New York Times The New York Times · GB
- The hantavirus cruise ship outbreak is a dangerous experiment - Scientific American Scientific American · GB
- Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak: ECDC response activated ECDC — Press
- Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship under investigation: risk for Europe very low ECDC — Press
- Suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship under investigation: risk for Europeans very low ECDC — Press
- ECDC monitoring outbreak associated with cruise ship ECDC — Press
Sources
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