New plan to evacuate Americans from Hantavirus cruise

The State Department is arranging a flight from the Canary Islands back to the U.S., where the 17 Americans on board the cruise ship will isolate at the national quarantine unit at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports.

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