In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.

Kinshasa residents continue to pack markets, bars and public transportation, despite growing international concern about the spread of the virus.

Jake Rosmarin, a travel influencer from Boston, is one of 15 passengers from the virus-stricken cruise ship being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska.

The National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska is now the temporary home for many of the Americans who had been passengers on the MV Hondius.

Seventeen Americans from a cruise ship that faced a hantavirus outbreak arrived in Nebraska and will be monitored at a quarantine center. One tested “mildly” positive for the Andes virus, health officials said.

The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.