Georgia Resident #1 (Emory, NEGATIVE PCR May 12)
MONITORINGDOSSIER
NEGATIVE. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed at a May 12 press conference that the symptomatic Emory patient tested negative for the Andes virus. The asymptomatic partner travelling with him also has no public positive result. Dr Aneesh Mehta (Emory) at the same May 12 briefing: 'one of the individuals is undergoing treatment and the other is being monitored.' Both members of the Georgia couple are now under contact monitoring at Emory through the 42-day window, rather than being treated as confirmed cases
Local Atlanta reporting (FOX 5 Atlanta, 11Alive) said the patient had tested positive and was being transferred from home monitoring to the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta - the Ebola-era biocontainment facility
Georgia DPH continues monitoring two residents, both 'in good health' with no signs of infection, following CDC recommendations. One identified by local outlets as being in the Brunswick / coastal-Georgia area
[Created 2026-05-07] Georgia resident, MV Hondius passenger. Identified by Georgia Department of Public Health as one of two Georgia residents who disembarked the ship before the outbreak was identified. Under at-home monitoring, in good health, with no signs of infection per Georgia state health department; daily temperature checks. Identity withheld for privacy
CDC press release, Georgia DPH
KEY DATES
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- 2026-04-01
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TRAVEL TIMELINE
- STOP 1 · Apr 1 → Apr 1Ushuaia, MV Hondius boardingBoarded MV Hondius for Atlantic Odyssey expedition with 149 passengers and crew
- STOP 2 · Apr 3 → Apr 22At sea — Antarctic Peninsula / South Georgia segmentAtlantic Odyssey: Antarctica + South Georgia + Tristan da Cunha
- STOP 3 · Apr 24 → Apr 26Saint Helena — early disembarkationAmong the 29-30 passengers who disembarked early at Saint Helena April 24 (AP reporting); commercial airlift to Johannesburg and onward connection home
- STOP 4 · May 1 → PRESENTGeorgia, USAHome isolation. CDC monitoring.
- STOP 5 · May 11 → May 11Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportArrived ~09:00 ET via special flight from Omaha; biocontainment ambulance transport (Ebola-era equipment)
- STOP 6 · May 11 → PRESENTEmory University Hospital, Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, AtlantaCurrent location. Confirmed positive; under medical evaluation. Couple in biocontainment together. One symptomatic, one asymptomatic. "Contingency planning to preserve UNMC capacity."