Why hantavirus isn't the next pandemic, according to health officials
Key takeaways
- Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers infected with hantavirus previously left the ship.
- While none of the more than 140 people who were still on the ship were showing any symptoms of hantavirus, they will be under quarantine.
- Though this may spark flashbacks to the early days of the COVID pandemic, health officials say hantavirus will likely not produce the same outcome.
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Passengers were being evacuated from the ship, anchored off Spain s Canary Islands, on Sunday. Spanish nationals were the first to leave, the Associated Press reported, followed by French and Canadian nationals. A Dutch plane was set to carry Germans, Belgians, and Greeks, and the U.S. plane was scheduled to arrive Sunday evening.
Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers infected with hantavirus previously left the ship.
While none of the more than 140 people who were still on the ship were showing any symptoms of hantavirus, they will be under quarantine. The Americans, after arriving at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, will be taken to the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska, the CDC confirmed. Contact tracing is also underway.