Hantavirus Cruise Outbreak Tracker
Active Event
Last updated: May 11, 2026
Passengers Evacuated
→17
Americans from MV Hondius
At National Quarantine Unit
→15
Under 42-day observation
In Biocontainment Unit
↑1
Tested positive, asymptomatic
Transferred to Atlanta
↑2
One with symptoms
Why cruise ship passengers with possible hantavirus exposure went to Nebraska
The University of Nebraska is home to the only federally funded quarantine unit in the U.S. and a separate biocontainment unit that can treat people exposed to infectious diseases.
Source: NPRPassenger Records
| ID | Status | Location | Days | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | biocontainment | Nebraska Biocontainment Unit | 3 | Positive, asymptomatic |
| 1 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | Asymptomatic, under monitoring |
| 2 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | Asymptomatic |
| 3 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | Under observation |
| 4 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 5 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 6 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 7 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 8 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 9 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 10 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 11 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 12 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 13 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 14 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 15 | quarantine | National Quarantine Unit | 3 | - |
| 17 | transferred | Atlanta CDC | 1 | Transferred with symptoms |
| 18 | transferred | Atlanta CDC | 1 | Transferred with symptoms |