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What awaits the American passengers who disembark hantavirus-hit cruise ship
The Nebraska medical center where US passengers on the hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be taken to and monitored is the only one of its kind, the interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center told CNN.
The center is the only nationally-designated facility for such monitoring purposes. It is specially designed with “negative pressure rooms,†which ensure that any kind of deadly disease is contained within, Dr. H. Dele Davis said.
It also has controls that allow for the filtering of any air that leaves the rooms, which are designed like hotel rooms, complete with exercise equipment as well as room service, monitors and WiFi, Dr. Davis said.
On arrival, the passengers will be checked for any symptoms signalling the early stages of the virus, such as fever, muscle aches and diarrhoea, he added.
If any of the patients do start to exhibit symptoms, the center has a host of medical workers ready as well as a bio-containment unit where patients with Covid and Ebola have previously been held.
Asked about the risk to the wider US public as the cruise ship passengers are set to return, Dr. Davis said it was low.
However, he added, “If you do get it, then the disease itself can be very highly deadly.â€
