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A French woman and an American have tested positive for the hantavirus as nations around the world repatriated passengers from a cruise ship hit by an outbreak and quarantine or isolate them.  French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that a French woman who tested positive for the hantavirus is in intensive care but stable at a Paris hospital. U.S. health officials said Monday that one of the 18 passengers flown from the MV Hondius cruise ship to the United States also tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, while another had mild symptoms. The World Health Organization recommended close monitoring of the former passengers, and many countries quarantined them.