Georgia couple tests positive — transferred from home monitoring to Emory Atlanta biocontainment

Per FOX 5 Atlanta (May 11): 'Two Georgia residents who tested positive for hantavirus taken to Emory.' Per 11Alive: 'No risk to public, governor''s office says, after two arrive from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Atlanta and are transported to Emory Hospital.' Both members of a Georgia couple who returned from MV Hondius in late April under voluntary state DPH home-monitoring tested positive; transferred from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport via biocontainment ambulance (Ebola-era equipment) to Emory University Hospital's Serious Communicable Diseases Unit on May 11. Officials: 'two patients in Atlanta are under medical evaluation' at Emory; transfer 'contingency planning to preserve [UNMC Nebraska] biocontainment unit space.' One of pair symptomatic, the other asymptomatic — both confirmed positive. Promotes US-GA-001 + US-GA-002 from returnee/monitoring to confirmed_case/confirmed. US confirmed cases now 3.

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FOX 5 Atlanta

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hantavirus