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hantavirus exposure went to Nebraska  at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) for an initial evaluation, according to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/2026-cdc-provides-update-on-hantavirus-outbreak-linked-to-m-v-hondius-cruise-ship.html). "For the passengers getting
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention interviewed the passengers about their exposure. The passengers are due to arrive in Nebraska – home to the national quarantine unit and the Nebraska biocontainment unit – on a special chartered
quarantine unit. "No-one who poses a risk to public health is walking out the front door onto the streets of Omaha," Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen said at a press conference alongside health officials
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly sending personnel to the Canary Islands to meet the cruise ship affected by the [hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands), with plans to accompany American passengers back
hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus)-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius were being repatriated to the United States on Sunday after the vessel docked in Tenerife and all the passengers were evacuated. Upon their arrival in [Spain
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said the agency had deep experience with the Andes strain of the hantavirus, offering assurance to the American public that there was low risk for a widespread
hantavirus was reported on 4 May. Eighteen American passengers have returned to the US. Sixteen are being screened at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the city of Omaha and two are in Atlanta
Nebraska. Seven other US passengers had already returned and are being monitored in their home states. A British national who resides in the US was evacuated along with the 17 American passengers. Before the American