Cruise passenger who went overboard rescued after 20 hours at sea
The incident occurred when the Royal Caribbean ship Odyssey of the Seas was sailing southwest of the island of Zakynthos, the Greek coastguard said.
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The incident occurred when the Royal Caribbean ship Odyssey of the Seas was sailing southwest of the island of Zakynthos, the Greek coastguard said.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
The MV Hondius is currently traveling to the Canary Islands, where the 147 people on board will be methodically off-boarded and flown home.
American passengers who left the MV Hondius cruise ship in April are being monitored for hantavirus in at least five states, health officials said.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
A hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has killed three people and infected multiple others, officials said.
Passengers aboard the ship are in good spirits but may have to quarantine for "eight weeks," a World Health Organization official told CBS News.
Coast Guard teams have suspended the search for a crew member who fell off a Norwegian cruise ship while it was traveling from Bermuda to Boston.
Anna Kepner, 18, was on a Caribbean cruise with her father, stepmother and three stepsiblings when she was discovered dead on the Carnival Horizon in November.
The incident occurred Thursday night near the Bahamas off San Salvador Island.
Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas was on a week-long, round-trip cruise when passengers became sick, the CDC said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not specify what type of gastrointestinal illness caused the outbreak, but the victims reported having diarrhea and vomiting.
Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas is preparing for its maiden voyage after recently completing its first round of sea trials.
