US Prepares to Receive Several Americans Possibly Exposed to Hantavirus
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The United States has entered emergency response mode as a cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak sails toward Tenerife—one of Spain's Canary Islands—where it will evacuate nearly 150 passengers on board, including at least 17 Americans. State and local health authorities in the US are monitoring at least eight passengers who disembarked on April 24 and returned home. For now, these individuals have not been advised to isolate, as they have not developed symptoms. Starting Sunday, global health authorities will assist in transporting passengers who remain on the ship—all of whom are currently asymptomatic—to their respective home countries. The passengers will be taken to an area in Tenerife that will be 'completely isolated and cordoned off'; they will then board escorted vehicles to be transported to a section of the local airport that will also be cordoned off, according to Virginia Barcones, head of emergency services in Spain, during a press conference on Thursday.
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
