Americans from hantavirus-hit cruise ship, including one who tested positive, arrive in Nebraska | CNN

EDITOR’S NOTE: For the latest updates on this story, follow our live coverage here. American passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak, including at least one who tested positive, arrived in Nebraska early Monday for evaluation at a highly specialized quarantine unit. They will eventually continue on to their homes – and weeks of monitoring for symptoms of infection. The virus, typically associated with rodents, may have passed from human to human aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, the World Health Organization has said. Since April 11, three people from the ship have died, and a handful of others have gotten sick. The hantavirus outbreak was first reported to the WHO on May 2 and remains a low risk to the general public, the global health agency says. The cruise ship left Argentina on April 1 and docked early this month in Spain’s Canary Islands. The plane carrying the American passengers landed at Eppley Airfield in Omaha shortly before 2:30 a.m. local time Monday. Seventeen US citizens and one British national who lives in the US were on the flight, Spain’s Health Minister said. Here’s what we know about the passengers’ journey back to