00:00A public health emergency is unfolding in the United States.
00:03Eighteen American passengers from the Hantavirus-infected M.V. Hondias cruise ship
00:08are now under quarantine monitoring at specialist medical facilities in Nebraska and Atlanta.
00:14The Nebraska facility, the only federally funded quarantine unit of its kind in the U.S.,
00:20was activated specifically to handle the highest-risk returning passengers.
00:25Emory University in Atlanta is monitoring additional cases.
00:30The Andes virus strain at the center of this outbreak has a fatality rate of up to 40% in
00:35severe cases.
00:36It can take up to 42 days to produce symptoms.
00:39That means passengers who feel perfectly healthy today could still become ill in the weeks ahead.
00:45The WHO has confirmed 11 global cases and three deaths.
00:50The outbreak began May 2nd on a cruise ship off the Atlantic coast.
00:53It has now reached the shores of the United States, France, and the U.K.
00:58Health officials stress that the risk to the general U.S. public remains low.
01:03The virus does not spread through casual contact.
01:06But for the passengers who were aboard the M.V. Hondias,
01:10the waiting has just begun.
01:11The U.S. public Crazy
01:11done.
01:12You
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