American evacuated from cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus, another has symptoms, HHS confirms

One of the 17 American citizens evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise vessel and flown backmost to the U.S. tested affirmative for hantavirus without symptoms, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and different idiosyncratic had mild symptoms.

Those 2 Americans traveled successful the plane's biocontainment agreed "out of an abundance of caution," HHS noted successful a Sunday nighttime station connected X.

A motorcade of exigency vehicles drove the 17 Americans to ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) facilities astatine the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine successful Omaha.

"Each idiosyncratic volition acquisition objective appraisal and person due attraction and enactment based connected their condition," the station added.

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This aerial representation shows a wide presumption of the cruise vessel MV Hondius stationary disconnected the larboard of Praia, the superior of Cape Verde, connected May 4, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)

The formation touched down aboriginal Monday morning. Three individuals died since the outbreak started.

"One rider volition beryllium transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit upon arrival, portion different passengers volition spell to the National Quarantine Unit for appraisal and monitoring," a Nebraska Medicine Facebook station issued connected Sunday nighttime stated. "The rider who is going to the Biocontainment Unit tested affirmative for the microorganism but does not person symptoms. They were managed separately from different passengers during transport utilizing due biocontainment measures. They volition beryllium monitored successful the Biocontainment Unit retired of an abundance of caution and follow-up investigating volition beryllium performed."

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Passengers transportation their belongings successful integrative bags aft being evacuated from the MV Hondius aft docking successful the Granadilla Port connected May 10, 2026 successful Tenerife, portion of the Canary Islands, Spain. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A French idiosyncratic tested affirmative and her wellness declined successful the infirmary overnight, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist French Health Minister noted Monday. The outlet reported that the idiosyncratic was 1 of the 5 French radical who had been passengers aboard the vas who were repatriated Sunday. The pistillate developed symptoms portion flying to Paris, Rist informed nationalist broadcaster France-Inter.

"Andes microorganism is simply a benignant of hantavirus dispersed by rodents successful South America and, little commonly, by different infected people. The rodents that transportation Andes microorganism person not been recovered successful the United States. It tin origin a terrible respiratory illness successful people, called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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"Andes microorganism is the lone benignant of hantavirus that is known to dispersed person-to-person. This dispersed is usually constricted to radical who person adjacent interaction with a sick person. This includes nonstop carnal contact, prolonged clip spent successful adjacent oregon enclosed spaces, and vulnerability to the sick person's assemblage fluids," the CDC explained.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.