This May 11, the United States Department of Health confirmed that one of the 17 Americans repatriated from the Canary Islands tested positive in hantavirus PCR testwhile another person presented “mild symptoms” of the disease.
Through its social networks, the Department of Health indicated that the two Americans They travel to the US in biocontainment units, as a precautionary measure.
“A passenger currently have mild symptoms and another passenger tested slightly positive for the PCR for the Andes virus“, indicated the American entity.
The Department indicated that the two Americans will be transferred to the ASPR Regional Center for the Treatment of Emerging Special Pathogens (RESPTC), located in the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
He also added that the patient with mild symptoms He will be transferred to a second treatment center.
“Upon arrival at each facility, each person will be subjected to a clinical evaluation and will receive appropriate care and support based on your condition”, stated the US authorities.
Since May 8, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that the 17 Americans They will remain in isolation in a special quarantine center in Nebraska.
Americans are expected to arrive in your country this Monday, May 11.
The Americans will return to their country after being evacuated from the Canary Islands, Spain, where they arrived this weekend as part of the MV cruise passage Hondius.
The MV Hondiuswith 147 passengers and crew, arrived in the Canary Islands after a journey that began in Ushuaia, Argentina, and that included several islands in the Atlantic, during which several cases of hantavirus appeared, causing three deaths.