No U.S. cases following cruise ship outbreak, but 41 people are being monitored

Another one of 17 Americans who are being flown home has mild symptoms, the US health department says.

One passenger has tested positive for Andes virus, a rare type of hantavirus, while another is showing mild symptoms, health officials say.

The disease is much deadlier than COVID, but much harder to spread.

No U.S. cases following cruise ship outbreak, but 41 people are being monitored

A Dutch couple believed to have brought hantavirus aboard the ship spent months traveling in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay before boarding.

For some experts, the outbreak is raising broader concerns about how equipped the U.S. is to respond to future infectious disease threats.

The CDC said the risk to the general public from hantavirus remains low.

Officials said on May 14 that there are a total of 41 people across the United States who are currently being monitored for hantavirus exposure.

The CDC said it is currently monitoring 41 people for hantavirus, including patients from the ship and those subsequently exposed.

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.

The number of people being monitored for hantavirus in the United States has grown to 41, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

Several Americans are already being monitored at home

The sole American who returned a positive test aboard the MV Hondius has since tested negative three times, bringing the total number of reported cases down to 10.