Cruise Passengers Exposed to Hantavirus May Leave Nebraska Quarantine
Officials say 17 exposed passengers could finish quarantine at home if states post round-the-clock supervision, with daily temperature checks for 42 days.
- Federal officials are offering American passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship an option to finish their quarantine at home starting Monday, provided their states agree to station a monitor outside their homes 24 hours per day.
- The 17 Americans were quarantined after exposure to the Andes Hantavirus aboard the Hondius, a rare rodent-borne illness capable of spreading from person to person during the cruise.
- New York has balked at the 24/7 requirement, citing concerns that posting full-time guards outside homes will cause unwarranted fear in their communities.
- Officials from the CDC and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness confirmed the decision came from a level above the CDC director, frustrating passengers who view the surveillance plan as excessive.
- Although some passengers were initially held in Nebraska through May 31, the full monitoring period lasts 42 days, leaving uncertainty about how long they will remain under surveillance.
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(CNN) — The US government is prepared to allow American passengers who were exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to return home as early as Monday, provided their states post a monitoroutside their homes 24/7 for the remaining three weeks of their six-week quarantine. It could be a police officer or a public health worker, according to two of the passengers now in quarantine in Nebraska, who participated in a video call with government offic…
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