Two passengers from the M/V Hondius cruise ship who tested positive for hantavirus arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, and are being taken to Emory University’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit.
One of the two individuals showed symptoms.
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BREAKING NEWS: Two passengers exposed to hantavirus have arrived in Atlanta and are being monitored at Emory University Hospital in DeKalb County. pic.twitter.com/GYeyFeMVQq
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FOX 5 Atlanta explained further:
Two additional passengers who have reportedly tested positive for hantavirus arrived at approximately 9 a.m. Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport aboard a special flight from Omaha, Nebraska.
SKYFOX flew near the airport and was able to observe two people being assisted from the airplane to ambulances from Grady University Hospital waiting below.
ADVERTISEMENTThe patients were transported to Emory University Hospital on Clifton Road. The SKYFOX crew flew overhead as the patients were unloaded from the hospital and taken inside.
Nebraska health officials confirmed during an early-morning news conference that two people from the cruise were being transported to Atlanta.
“Working in coordination with local, state and federal partners, Emory University Hospital’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit has received two passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship following a hantavirus outbreak onboard. One symptomatic individual is receiving care in Emory’s biocontainment unit, and one asymptomatic individual—identified as a close contact—is undergoing evaluation and monitoring,” Emory University Hospital said in a statement, according to the outlet.
“Emory University Hospital is part of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center network within the federally supported National Special Pathogen System, which provides specialized capabilities for safely managing high-consequence infectious diseases. We will provide additional details as appropriate,” it added.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the Georgia Department of Public Health that the two individuals were being transported to Emory for observation and care.
The agency said federal health workers are “taking every precaution needed,” WJCL noted.
Other U.S. passengers from the vessel arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to begin a 42-day quarantine.
BREAKING: U.S. passengers exposed to hantavirus arrive at University of Nebraska Medical Center to begin a 42-day quarantine.
Shuttle buses were seen pulling into a hospital garage, while at least one ambulance continued past the facility to another location down the street. pic.twitter.com/3aFvEITaUZ
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WJCL has more:
Georgia health officials said they remain in close contact with the CDC and other partners as they track the situation in the days ahead.
Health officials released new details Monday after 16 American passengers exposed to hantavirus arrived in Nebraska from Spain.
ADVERTISEMENTA Kalitta Air Boeing 747 flew from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands and landed at Eppley Airfield in Omaha shortly before 2:30 a.m. local time Monday, according to FlightAware.
U.S. health officials said late Sunday that one passenger tested positive for hantavirus but is not showing symptoms. Another passenger had mild symptoms. Omaha television station KETV reported that the passenger who tested positive was separated from the others during the flight for treatment.
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