All passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship | CNN

⢠Get the latest on the hantavirus here. ⢠Eighteen passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak are back in the US and being monitored at medical units. Sixteen of those people, including one who tested positive, are in Nebraska, and two others are in Atlanta. All in Nebraska are asymptomatic, and one person in Atlanta is experiencing symptoms, health officials said. ⢠The American passengers were among 122 guests and crew evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship in recent days and repatriated to their home countries and the Netherlands, where several remain before returning home. The vessel is now en route to Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the remaining crew. ⢠The virus, typically tied to rodents, may have passed from human to human aboard the ship, the World Health Organization said. Three passengers have died since April 11 and a handful of others are sick. ⢠Hantavirus remains a low risk to the general public, the global health agency said. The public should not panic as the virus does not spread easily, US health officials said. CNN is tracking what we know about the outbreak in maps and charts here. A British national who was admitted to
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