The 17 Americans aboard the hantavirus-hit M/V Hondius have arrived in Omaha, Nebraska, after being evacuated from Tenerife on a U.S. medical repatriation flight. They were taken to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for evaluation and monitoring.
One of them tested positive but was asymptomatic, while another had mild symptoms. Health officials are assessing each passenger's exposure risk before deciding whether they remain in Nebraska or continue monitoring at home. The news has caused alarm around the world, and in the country, although the virus was present in the U.S. way before, as it actually was what t killed Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, more than a year before passengers from the vessel began testing positive across Europe and the United States.
