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Nebraska officials say two passengers exposed to hantavirus taken to Atlanta
LIKE A VERY WELL MANAGED, AIR HANDLED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. JEFF COOK, ABC NEWS I’M RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT. THE TWO PATIENTS THAT WENT TO ATLANTA. WHY DID THOSE TWO PATIENTS GO TO ATLANTA SPECIFICALLY IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY ANSWERED THAT? AND WHAT FACILITY EXACTLY IN ATLANTA ARE THEY AT? YEAH, PLEASE. SO THE REASON THEY WENT THERE IS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. THAT’S CONTINGENCY PLANNING. THAT MEANS IF ONE THERE WAS SYMPTOMS INVOLVED, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY TURN OUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE HANTAVIRUS THAT IT MAKES SURE THAT THE BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT HERE THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE DOESN’T TAKE UP TOO MUCH SPACE IN CASE IT’S NEEDED BY THE OTHER PASSENGERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HERE IN THE RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL SECTION. AND WHAT FACILITY EXACTLY? IN ATLANTA. IT’S THE I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO TALK ABOUT THE. THE DOCTOR. MR. KNOX, THAT’D BE GREAT. SO I’LL KIND OF STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS QUESTION KEEPS POPPING UP AS TO HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS, WHY PEOPLE ARE IN CERTAIN PLACES. ASPER DESIGNED THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH UNMC, EMORY AND OTHER HOSPITALS, WHICH ARE NETEX NATIONAL EMERGING SPECIAL PATHOGEN TREATMENT AND EDUCATION CENTERS. THERE’S THREE OF THOSE ACROSS THE U.S. AND THIS IS A SYSTEM, A NATIONAL SPECIAL PATHOGEN SYSTEM. IT’S NOT DESIGNED AS ONE HOSPITAL DOES EVERYTHING. SO THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE UNIT IS HERE AT UNMC, AND IT IS DESIGNED TO HOUSE A LARGE GROUP OF PATIENTS OR PASSENGERS FROM A PLANE OR A SHIP, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE NOW, TO MONITOR AND ASSESS THEM. IF THEY GET SYMPTOMATIC, BECOME SICK, THEY CAN BE MOVED INTO THE BIO, INTO THE BIOCONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE JUST BEING MONITORED AND ASSESSED. SO AS A SYSTEM, IT WORKS. WE HAVE 13 RESPECTS, WHICH ARE THE REGIONAL EMERGING SPECIAL PATHOGEN TREATMENT CENTERS ACROSS THE U.S. SO THAT THOSE PATIENTS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED LOAD BALANCED ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND IN ONE PLACE LIKE UNMC, SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TEN BEDS, RIGHT? BUT DEPENDING ON THE PATHOGEN, THAT CAN CHANGE THOSE BEDS. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 16 PEOPLE HERE. WE HAVE 15 IN THE QUARANTINE CENTER, ONE IN THE BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO DOWN IN EMORY. SO THAT BEING SAID, WHY DID THEY GO THERE? BECAUSE WE KNEW SOMEBODY WAS SYMPTOMATIC AND WE HAVE 16 PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. IF SOMEONE WERE TO GET SICK OR MULTIPLES GET SICK, WE DON’T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME AND ENERGY. RIGHT. AND LACK OF CARE, TRANSPORTING THEM TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. SO THIS IS HOW THE SYSTEM IS BUILT AND DESIGNED SO THAT WE CAN LOAD, DISTRIBUTE ACROSS THE SYSTEM. I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. AND WHAT FACILITY IN ATLANTA IS IT? WHAT’S THE NAME OF IT? CURRENTLY THEY’RE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BACK OVER HERE. IAN LEIGH JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. OH I’M SORRY. THERE’S MULTIPLE PEOPLE TALKING. SORRY. GO AHEAD. IS THERE IS THERE A BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT THERE? AND ARE THOSE TWO PEOPLE IN A BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT OR JUST QUARANTINING CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME? IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING. MAT DO YOU KNOW THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN A QUARANTINE? SO THIS IS THE ONLY QUARANTINE UNIT IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT HERE. SO THEY WOULD BE IN A BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT DOWN THERE. OKAY. IT CAN STILL BE USED AS A QUARANTINE UNIT, RIGHT? UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT’S A BIOCONTAINMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE WITH THE FILTERS AND THE SANITATION. AND YES, THAT IS CORRECT. AND IT IS BECAUSE THAT ONE PASSENGER WAS SYMPTOMATIC. SO THAT IS THE REASON THEY WENT TO THE BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT AT EMORY. ADDITIONALLY, TO BUILD ON WHAT MR. KNOX WAS SAYING, I MEAN, THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT EXISTS FOR EXACTLY THIS KIND OF SCENARIO. AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THE SYSTEM WORKING, THE SYSTEM KIND OF WILL ABSORB PASSENGERS AS NEEDED. AND THIS IS A VERY WELL REHEARSED SYSTEM THAT EXISTS. AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THAT SYSTEM WORK EXACTLY AS INTENDED. AND IS THIS A COUPLE ARE THEY TOGETHER OR IN TWO SEPARATE ROOMS? HOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YES. SO IT IS A COUPLE AND THEY ARE. I’M NOT SURE OF THEIR EXACT SITUATION. THE PLANE JUST LANDED RECENTLY IN ATLANTA AND THE PATIENT, THE PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO EMORY, BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR SITUATION ON THE SHIP, THEY WER
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Nebraska officials say two passengers exposed to hantavirus taken to Atlanta
Two passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship, including one who has symptoms, were taken to a facility in Atlanta, according to Nebraska officials.Officials said the two passengers, a couple, were taken to the biocontainment unit at Emory University in Atlanta for monitoring and treatment.Watch: Nebraska officials give update after passengers exposed to hantavirus arrive in OmahaAt this time, just one of the passengers has symptoms, according to officials. The passenger from the cruise ship who tested positive for hantavirus does not have any symptoms at this time, according to officials. They are staying at the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit in Omaha.READ MORE: Hantavirus-positive cruise ship passenger has no symptoms, Nebraska officials sayThe 15 other passengers are asymptomatic and will be monitored in the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha.Three people have died since the outbreak began, and five passengers who left the ship earlier are infected with hantavirus. A total of 18 passengers from the MV Hondius were brought to America from the cruise ship, which was impacted by the hantavirus. Officials said one of the passengers was a British national.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Two passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship, including one who has symptoms, were taken to a facility in Atlanta, according to Nebraska officials.
Officials said the two passengers, a couple, were taken to the biocontainment unit at Emory University in Atlanta for monitoring and treatment.
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Watch: Nebraska officials give update after passengers exposed to hantavirus arrive in Omaha
At this time, just one of the passengers has symptoms, according to officials.
The passenger from the cruise ship who tested positive for hantavirus does not have any symptoms at this time, according to officials. They are staying at the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit in Omaha.
READ MORE: Hantavirus-positive cruise ship passenger has no symptoms, Nebraska officials say
The 15 other passengers are asymptomatic and will be monitored in the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha.
Three people have died since the outbreak began, and five passengers who left the ship earlier are infected with hantavirus.
A total of 18 passengers from the MV Hondius were brought to America from the cruise ship, which was impacted by the hantavirus. Officials said one of the passengers was a British national.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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