- American passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship arrived in Omaha, Nebraska, for medical evaluation following potential hantavirus exposure.
- The group included 17 U.S. citizens and one British national residing in the US, with two passengers traveling in biocontainment units as a precaution.
- One passenger displayed mild symptoms, and another tested "mildly PCR positive" for the Andes variant of hantavirus.
- Spanish health officials had previously reported a "weak positive" initial test for one individual, which they deemed inconclusive, followed by a negative second test.
- The passengers were scheduled to be transported to a facility at the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine, before the individual with mild symptoms is taken to another site, the statement says.
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