American passengers from hantavirus-affected cruise ship to quarantine at Nebraska biocontainment facility

American citizens aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, where a hantavirus outbreak has occurred, will be quarantined at the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit upon arrival in the U.S. The ship has experienced three deaths linked to the outbreak. Approximately 17–19 American passengers will be transported to Omaha to meet with CDC teams and be monitored for symptoms in specialized negative-airflow facilities. While passengers remain asymptomatic and have not been diagnosed with hantavirus, they were potentially exposed. The outbreak involves the Andes virus (ANDV) strain, the only hantavirus variant known to transmit person-to-person. Spanish authorities plan to prevent public contact when the ship arrives in the Canary Islands, with CDC coordination ongoing throughout the evacuation and quarantine process.