Workers from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet the American passengers this weekend and take them to a special quarantine facility in Nebraska.
Despite protests, the boat will be allowed to dock outside a port in the Canary Islands. Seventeen Americans are on the ship where an outbreak of the hantavirus has killed three people. Health officials believe there is little risk to the general public because it is not as easily transmitted as the flu or covid.
A metro Atlanta infectious disease specialist is watching the developments very closely. He told Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen the disease is treatable if caught early…