{"id":841,"date":"2026-05-10T20:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:30:58","slug":"hantavirus-latest-americans-disembark-cruise-and-head-home-for-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Hantavirus latest: Americans disembark cruise and head home for quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>TENERIFE, Canary Islands<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>Passengers, including Americans, aboard the cruise ship stricken by a hantavirus outbreak disembarked in the Canary Islands and began flying home Sunday on military and government planes after being escorted ashore by personnel in full protective gear.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=838\">Vehicle hit by train in NE Harris County; at least 1 hospitalized<\/a><\/p> <p>Here is what to expect with their return:\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><u>Hantavirus latest: What\u2019s next for cruise, passengers heading home<\/u><\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><h2>Hantavirus latest<\/h2> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>The backstory:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius anchored outside the island of Tenerife in Spain\u2019s Canary Islands early Sunday. A methodical procedure was in place for evacuating passengers of more than 20 different nationalities and getting them home safely on non-commercial flights.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong>Hantavirus latest: CDC gives update on outbreak linked to cruise ship<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><p>By the numbers:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The case count currently stands at:<\/p> <!-- --><ul><li><span>8 cases<\/span><\/li><li><span>3 deaths<\/span><\/li><\/ul> <!-- --><h2>Americans on cruise with hantavirus outbreak<\/h2> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-840\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29fe8212f57644c4d076584e376a544a-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29fe8212f57644c4d076584e376a544a-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29fe8212f57644c4d076584e376a544a-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29fe8212f57644c4d076584e376a544a.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>FILE &#8211; A person in a hazmat suit (2R) is escorted to a ambulance from a medical aircraft allegedly carrying some of the passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius believed to be infected with hantavirus, at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam on May 6, 2<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <div>Expand<\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Big picture view:<\/p> <!-- --><p>About two dozen Americans were on the ship, including about seven who disembarked last month and 17 who remained on board before evacuating this weekend, the Associated Press reported.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>It\u2019s not known where the 17 Americans live.<\/p> <!-- --><p>What&#8217;s next:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, said Americans would first be flown to the University of Nebraska, which has a federally funded quarantine facility, to assess whether they have been in close contact with any symptomatic people and their risk levels for spreading the virus.<\/p> <!-- --><p>After that, he told CNN\u2019s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; they will be given the choice of staying in Nebraska or going home, where their conditions would be monitored by state and local health agencies.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=835\">Lawsuit accuses Nike of pocketing tariff refunds while raising prices<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>They\u2019ll be actively monitored for any symptoms that develop within a period of 42 days since the point of last exposure.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>Timeline:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO\u2019s Director of Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Management, said Sunday that some strains of the hantavirus can develop symptoms for up to eight weeks after exposure, but the confirmed Andes strain involved in this outbreak develops symptoms within six weeks.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Bhattacharya noted the seven Americans who left the cruise earlier have been in the U.S. for roughly two weeks, and they are living across the country.<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><ul><li><span><strong><u>Arizona resident on cruise ship being monitored by health department<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span><strong><u>Two NJ residents being monitored after possible Hantavirus exposure<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ul> <!-- --><p>Meanwhile:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The passengers are leaving behind their luggage, and are allowed to take only a small bag with essential items, a cellphone, a charger, and documentation.<\/p> <!-- --><p>About 30 crew members will stay aboard the ship as it sails back to its origination in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where it will undergo disinfection. \u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=832\">Harris County treasurer arrested, charged with DWI<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, including Americans, disembarked in Spain\u2019s Canary Islands on Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,25,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-travel-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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