Flight carrying over a dozen Americans affected by hantavirus arrives in Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb. (NBC, KYMA) - A flight carrying 17 Americans who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship in Spain arrived early Monday morning in Omaha, Nebraska.

The passengers will be taken to the Nebraska Medicine Campus and will be housed in the national quarantine unit.

According to the CDC, passengers will actually not be placed under quarantine upon their arrival.

Instead, they'll be monitored and assessed for a shorter stay, then likely go home for a self-monitoring period. The monitoring period will last 42 days.

All but two of the passengers are asymptomatic, meaning they aren't showing any signs of being sick, And the one American who tested positive but doesn't have symptoms will go straight to the Nebraska bio-containment unit, which is separate from the quarantine unit, where they can be treated if needed.

The national quarantine unit has 20 300-square-foot rooms fitted with negative air pressure systems that will contain any possible viruses.

Nebraska Medicine and UNMC experts will hold a press conference later Monday morning.

The World Health Organization says six confirmed cases of hantavirus and two suspected cases are linked to the outbreak on the ship.

To watch the livestream of the press conference, see attached video.