CDC will reportedly bring Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise to US for quarantine

The US 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 , with plans to accompany American passengers back to the US on a chartered flight and place them into quarantine in Nebraska. An additional CDC team is already headed to Nebraska, according to unnamed sources who spoke with CNN . The sources indicated that passengers are expected to undergo quarantine measures there to help prevent any possible spread of the virus. Nebraska is home to both the federally supported National Quarantine Unit and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. “Nebraska Medicine and UNMC remain in close coordination with national partners regarding the evolving situation with the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship,” Nebraska Medicine said in a statement to CNN. “We cannot discuss specific communications at this time, but, our specialized teams, including the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and National Quarantine Unit, are staffed and ready, if needed, to safely provide care while protecting our staff and the community,” the statement added. A spokesperson for the US state department confirmed to CNN that the agency was organizing the repatriation effort alongside the CDC, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Spanish government. …