{"id":11997,"date":"2026-05-11T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=11997"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:28:56","slug":"16-u-s-citizens-safely-repatriated-to-unmc-nebraska-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2026\/05\/11\/16-u-s-citizens-safely-repatriated-to-unmc-nebraska-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC: 16 U.S. citizens safely repatriated to UNMC, Nebraska Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/05\/11\/16-u-s-citizens-safely-repatriated-to-unmc-nebraska-medicine\/\">UNMC<\/a> Sixteen Americans who were on a cruise ship associated with a hantavirus outbreak have been repatriated to UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They arrived in Omaha early Monday on a U.S. Department of State plane from the Canary Islands. Fifteen were \u201cresting now\u201d on Monday morning in the National Quarantine Unit at the Davis Global Center, reported Michael Wadman, MD, Muelleman Chair of Emergency Medicine at UNMC, the unit\u2019s medical director. The sixteenth, who previously tested positive for Andes Hantavirus, was transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for monitoring. This individual was \u201cdoing well and not showing any symptoms at this time,\u201d as of Monday morning, reported Angela Hewlett, MD, Orr Chair in Health Security and the NBU\u2019s medical director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two other individuals, one showing symptoms, were transported to Emory University in Atlanta and its biocontainment unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal, state, university, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine experts updated the public Monday morning at a press conference at the medical center. CNN, NBC News, CBS News, FOX News, ABC News and KETV News attended, among other outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. federal government, as it had during infectious diseases outbreaks of Ebola and COVID-19, again turned to UNMC and Nebraska Medicine and its world-class experts and facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to have this responsibility to repatriate these American citizens. There is no place in the country where they would be better cared for, more safely and more effectively,\u201d said University of Nebraska System President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Second News Conference after arrival 5 11 26\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VVasYMHlSc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/05\/11\/16-u-s-citizens-safely-repatriated-to-unmc-nebraska-medicine\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNMC Sixteen Americans who were on a cruise ship associated with a hantavirus outbreak have been repatriated to UNMC and Nebraska Medicine. They arrived in Omaha early Monday on a U.S. Department of State plane from the Canary Islands. 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