Federal health officials rushed the group into quarantine after a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius left three passengers dead and triggered an international health response stretching from South America to Europe and now the United States.
The Americans landed in Omaha, Nebraska early Monday morning aboard a Boeing 747 after an emergency evacuation flight from Tenerife, Spain. The flight lasted more than nine hours, carrying passengers who had spent weeks trapped in the growing medical crisis aboard the ship.
Authorities immediately transferred passengers under supervision to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, one of the few facilities in America equipped with a federal quarantine and biocontainment unit.
And officials are now admitting one American passenger already tested positive for the virus.
The Cruise Vacation That Turned Into an International Health Emergency
The MV Hondius originally departed Argentina on April 1 with roughly 149 passengers from 23 different countries on board.
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