American passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak are heading home, stopping first in Nebraska, home of the highly specialized National Quarantine Unit.

Once the MV Hondius anchored near Tenerife, passengers started disembarking in small groups to begin their quarantines.

Fifteen passengers were welcomed to the University of Nebraska Medical Center's quarantine unit and one person is in the biocontainment unit.

The World Health Organization chief says he expects more cases to emerge among passengers, but virus is ‘not another Covid’ and risk to the public remains low.

The ship is expected to arrive in the Canary Islands in three days - earlier, the president of the islands said he didn't want it to come there.

Here you can follow the journey of the cruise ship MV Hondius from Cabo Verde to the Canary Islands, where it will anchor and begin the process of extracting the infected and passengers. View on euron

American passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak, have arrived in Nebraska for evaluation at a quarantine unit. Follow for live updates.