HHS Says US Citizen Tests Positive for Hantavirus; Trump Rejects Iran Peace Offer | NTD Good Morning (May 11)

Seventeen Americans arrived in the United States on Monday for monitoring after a hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said one American passenger is showing symptoms, and another has tested mildly positive. The HHS said all passengers will undergo evaluation at a federal quarantine facility in Nebraska.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has activated emergency operations and deployed teams to support monitoring and coordination with state health departments. The World Health Organization also stressed that this is not another COVID pandemic, and the risk to the public is low.

President Donald Trump reacted to Iran’s peace proposal response on Sunday, saying it’s totally unacceptable. Trump also accused Iran of playing games with the United States and the rest of the world for 47 years.

The president said that although Iran was militarily defeated, there were still key targets the United States could strike if hostilities resumed.

A Frontier Airlines plane had to abort takeoff after striking and killing a person on the runway. Officials say the person jumped a fence and ran onto the runway moments before the collision.

Frontier Airlines said smoke was reported inside the cabin, prompting pilots to abort takeoff. Passengers then evacuated the plane using emergency slides. The airline says there were 224 passengers and seven crew members on board. The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating.