Hantavirus confirmed in American evacuee from MV Hondius cruise ship, US Health Ministry says. 17 US citizens evacuated; 2 in biological isolation.
Hantavirus has been confirmed in one of 17 Americans evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, the US Health Ministry reported. The US citizens are currently en route home aboard a plane provided by the State Department. Two of them have been placed in biological isolation compartments as a precaution.
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