Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and state health officials held a briefing Monday to address the arrival of American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship, assuring residents that the situation is under control.Governor Pillen said he is “satisfied” with the state’s containment strategy and emphasized that strict security measures are in place at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
“We are working diligently to ensure no one leaves this facility in an unsecured way at an inappropriate time,” Pillen stated.
“No one who poses a risk to public health is walking out the front door onto the streets of Omaha or beyond.”
Dr. H. Dele Davis, interim chancellor of Nebraska Medicine, said the facility is well-prepared, having previously handled Ebola and early COVID-19 cases.The CDC has classified its response as Level 3 (lowest level of emergency) and is coordinating closely with Nebraska authorities.
A group of American passengers from the hantavirus-affected MV Hondius cruise ship, including at least one who tested positive, arrived in Omaha early Monday for evaluation at a specialized biocontainment facility.The flight landed at Eppley Airfield shortly before 2:30 a.m. local time, carrying 17 US citizens and one British national who lives in the United States. They were transferred from Tenerife, Spain, where the ship docked on Sunday for a carefully controlled disembarkation.
US health officials said one passenger tested “mildly positive” for hantavirus but is currently asymptomatic. Another passenger developed mild symptoms (a cough that has since resolved). Both were transported in biocontainment units as a precaution.The positive patient has been taken directly to the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha — one of the most advanced facilities in the country for handling high-consequence infectious diseases. The remaining passengers are being assessed at the center’s National Quarantine Unit.
This briefing comes as part of a broader national effort to safely repatriate and monitor Americans who were aboard the MV Hondius, which has been linked to three deaths and multiple infections since departing Argentina in early April.
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