Overview
- The CDC issued federal quarantine orders Tuesday for two Americans linked to the MV Hondius outbreak, keeping all 18 repatriated U.S. passengers at a Nebraska facility through May 31.
- In a Monday health alert, the CDC told clinicians to test for Andes virus in symptomatic people tied to the ship or their close contacts and noted no U.S. cases tied to the cruise so far.
- Global tallies list multiple confirmed infections and three deaths connected to the voyage, and public-health agencies continue to say the risk to the wider public is very low.
- Sequencing by France’s Pasteur Institute matches known South American Andes viruses with no new traits, as Argentina’s Malbrán Institute traps rodents near Ushuaia to probe a possible source.
- The ship reached Rotterdam for disinfection under Dutch guidance, and the operator said evidence points to infections occurring before embarkation rather than conditions on the vessel.