We have several cases in Virginia that are also linked to a cruse on the Nile.
My understanding is that they can all be sourced to A Taiwanese tourist who had had been on the ship. She did not start displaying symptoms until she returned to Taiwan.
What is unclear is if she was on the ship at the same time as the American tourists who have become infected. It sounds like she may have taken a cruise at an earlier point in time.
“What is unclear is if she was on the ship at the same time as the American tourists who have become infected. It sounds like she may have taken a cruise at an earlier point in time.”
She was on it. It was a relatively large group of Taiwanese Americans and Taiwanese nationals - after the cruise they all went to their home countries. A bunch (maybe all) of them got sick. The CDC here said no-dice to testing, since Egypt wasn’t a hot spot, Taiwan tested and found them positive (case #39 in Taiwan was the first). At that point CDC relented and allowed testing of the Americans.
Based on Case #39, the Taiwanese in Texas already knew the infection had arrived and were adjusting to it (this was the first case in Houston, maybe the first in Texas). It took nearly a week for the CDC to say the obvious (pathetic).
At least that’s my understanding, from friends that I have in that community.