The Hague: Countries around the world on Monday brought back and quarantined or quarantined passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, including a French woman and an American who tested positive.After the MV Hondius docked in the Canary Islands on Sunday, passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes. Crews wearing full-body protective gear and breathing masks evacuated passengers from the ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that continued on Monday.Three cruise ship passengers have died, and at least six hantavirus cases have been confirmed, according to WHO. WHO spokeswoman Sarah Tyler said Monday that laboratory results of the American who tested positive were inconclusive. Health officials say the risk to the broader public from the first outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship is low. Although there is no cure or vaccine for hantavirus, the WHO says early detection and treatment improves survival rates. The ship’s captain, Jan Dobrogowski, released a video message on Monday praising the perseverance of the passengers and crew and calling for their privacy to be respected.French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Monday that the French woman tested positive for hantavirus and her condition deteriorated in hospital overnight. The woman was one of five French passengers brought back on Sunday. Rist told public broadcaster France-Inter that he developed symptoms on a flight to Paris.U.S. health officials said late Sunday that one of the 18 passengers evacuated from the plane and flown to Nebraska also tested positive for hantavirus but is showing no symptoms, and another had mild symptoms. After landing in Nebraska early Monday, the American passengers were being taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which has a federally funded quarantine facility. Once there, they are being evaluated to determine whether they have been in close contact with any symptomatic people and what their risk level is for spreading the virus.Planes arriving in Tenerife were to carry passengers from more than 20 countries in the evacuation effort which was due to end on Monday. There were 54 passengers and crew left on the ship on Monday, of whom 22 were expected to disembark, while the remaining 32 would remain on the ship upon its return to the Netherlands.