US citizens repatriated from hantavirus ship as officials stress very low public risk

Eighteen Americans evacuated from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius have returned to the U.S. for health checks in Nebraska and Georgia; one person tested positive and another symptomatic traveler flew to Atlanta, with Nebraska housing most of the group in a quarantine facility (one patient in a biocontainment unit) and two others in Georgia. Officials say the public risk remains very low, and passengers will be monitored and isolated as needed for up to 42 days, while the World Health Organization cautions that the incubation period could yield more cases but not due to ongoing community transmission.