"Now, he is one of 18 Americans under observation at specialized healthcare facilities designed to treat people with dangerous infectious diseases after three people died and others were sickened by a hantavirus outbreak onboard the ship."
"Public health officials have said the risk of the virus spreading from passengers into the general public is very low and that healthy people are being quarantined as a precaution."
"Rosmarin, a content creator and photographer from Boston, told the Associated Press he intends to make the best of his isolation. His room is more like a small hotel suite. He has a closet, smart TV, bathroom, small refrigerator, bed, chair and stationary bike. He has windows, but he keeps the blinds closed from peering media."
"Hantavirus usually spreads from rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people in rare cases. Symptoms usually show between one and eight weeks after exposure."
Eighteen Americans from the MV Hondius are under observation in specialized healthcare facilities after three people died and others became ill from a hantavirus outbreak onboard. Jake Rosmarin, 30, expects to spend 42 days at the national quarantine unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where 14 other American passengers are also being monitored. Another positive case is in a Nebraska biocontainment unit, and two others are monitored in a serious communicable disease unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Public health officials say the risk of spread into the general public is very low and that healthy people are quarantined as a precaution. Rosmarin describes his room as a small suite and plans to take isolation day by day, receiving an iced horchata treat from nurses. Hantavirus typically spreads from rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people, though Andes virus may rarely spread between people. Symptoms usually appear one to eight weeks after exposure.
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