What comes next for US and Canada passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Eighteen American and seven Canadian passengers from a virus-hit cruise ship that docked in Spain's Canary Islands have returned to North America to isolate and be evaluated at quarantine facilities. The group of Americans were flown by a plane chartered by the US government, and the majority are due to be screened at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the city of Omaha, while two are isolating in Georgia. One of the group has tested positive and another has "mild symptoms", according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The pair travelled in the plane's biocontainment units "out of an abundance of caution", HHS added. Medical officials in Nebraska are next expected to determine whether others in the group are ill and in need of treatment, or healthy enough to return to their homes. A British national who resides in the US was evacuated along with the 18 Americans. Seven other US passengers had already returned, and are being monitored in their home states. In Canada, four passengers returned to their home province of British Columbia on Sunday night, where they will be self-isolating for at least 21 days. Three others have arrived in Ontari
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