• US health officials said 18 passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, where a hantavirus outbreak occurred, were flown back to the US and placed in quarantine.
  • One passenger who tested positive is in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska, while others are in medical centers in Nebraska and Atlanta.
  • The virus is the Andes strain, the only hantavirus known to have limited person-to-person transmission; the risk to the general public is very low.
  • Passengers may remain under observation for up to 42 days; among them are 17 US citizens and one British dual national.

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