Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska
Officials said all 18 Americans completed 42 days of monitoring and no U.S. cases were linked to the outbreak.
- On Thursday, six of 18 passengers exposed to hantavirus on a Dutch cruise ship remain quarantined at the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha after two more departed this week.
- Gradual releases from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have occurred since early June, as two-thirds of the initial group completed isolation at home under government surveillance.
- Medical staff at the Nebraska Medical Center monitored individuals for hantavirus symptoms, which can take up to 42 days to appear after exposure, according to health protocols.
- Ten others were allowed to leave earlier under agreements for close monitoring in their home states, while the remaining six chose to complete the full quarantine period.
- No cases of hantavirus were detected among the evacuated passengers as of Thursday, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed containment success as quarantine protocols conclude.
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All US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship return to home states - Regional Media News
June 22 (Reuters) - The University of Nebraska Medical Center said on Monday all 18 U.S.-resident passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship have returned to their home states after completing monitoring at its National Quarantine Unit. Sixteen of those passengers arrived on May 11 following their trip on the cruise ship associated with a hantavirus outbreak, it said. Two more former passengers arrived at the National Quarantine U…
Quarantine ends for last of hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska
The last eight American passengers who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit after exposure to an unusual hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that killed three people have left the Nebraska facility.
Quarantine ends for all 18 Americans exposed to hantavirus on cruise ship
By Youri Benadjaoud and Mary Kekatos Quarantine has ended for the 18 Americans who were cruise ship passengers on the MV Hondius and were exposed to hantavirus more than one month ago. The 42-day monitoring period ended on June 21 and "no sustained transmission" of the virus has been identified in the U.S., a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told ABC News. Six of the 18 passengers spent their entire quarantine p…
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