One of the 17 American passengers airlifted from a cruise ship in the Canary Islands has examined positive for hantavirus but shouldn’t be experiencing symptoms, US health officers said late on Sunday.

The group was flown on a constitution aircraft after being taken off the MV Hondius when it docked in Tenerife, the most important of Spain’s Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa. The flight was scheduled to land in Omaha, Nebraska, early on Monday.

“On arrival, one passenger will be taken to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, while the others will be sent to the National Quarantine Unit for evaluation and observation. The passenger going to the Biocontainment Unit has tested positive for the virus but is not showing symptoms,” said Kayla Thomas, a spokesperson for The Nebraska Medical Center.

The Americans had been set to be taken first to the University of Nebraska, home to a federally funded quarantine middle, where officers would consider whether or not they had close contact with anybody exhibiting symptoms and gauge their risk of passing on the virus.

Passengers taken off the cruise ship affected by hantavirus began heading home on Sunday on army and authorities plane after the vessel dropped anchor in the Canary Islands. Travelers had been accompanied ashore by employees carrying full protecting fits and respirator-style masks.

Spanish nationals had been the first to disembark the MV Hondius once it reached Tenerife, the most important of Spain’s Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa. They had been flown to Madrid and then transferred to a army hospital. A few hours later, an plane carrying evacuated French passengers touched down in Paris and was met by emergency response autos.

Aircraft arriving in Tenerife had been anticipated to take out passengers from more than 20 international locations as half of an operation due to continue until Monday.

One of the 5 French passengers started exhibiting symptoms during the flight, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a assertion, including that all 5 had been positioned in tight isolation and had been anticipated to be examined.

Earlier, Spain’s Health Ministry, the World Health Organization and the cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions said that none of the more than 140 people still aboard the Hondius at that level had displayed symptoms.

Since the outbreak began, three people have died, and 5 passengers who disembarked earlier have been confirmed to have hantavirus.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated that the overall public shouldn’t be frightened about the outbreak.

“We have been repeating the same answer many times,” he said. “This is not another COVID. And the risk to the public is low. So they shouldn’t be scared, and they shouldn’t panic.”

Even so, those disembarking and employees at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife wore protecting gear during the evacuation course of, including hazardous-materials fits, face masks and respirators. Video obtained by The Associated Press confirmed passengers on the tarmac donning comparable fits and being sprayed down with disinfectant.

Passengers had been relieved to be on their method home, another WHO official said.

“It’s been great seeing all the buses coming out and people really happy to be on land again and being repatriated,” said Diana Rojas Alvarez, the WHO health operations lead, who is on Tenerife.