Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska
Federal officials said the 42-day monitoring period ended with no U.S. cases linked to the ship 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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Quarantine Comes to an End for Last Hantavirus Ship Passengers in Nebraska
(MedPage Today) -- OMAHA, 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...
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The last of the Americans quarantined after exposure to hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are finally heading home. University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed the final six passengers left the facility Monday morning after completing a 42-day monitoring period that ended Sunday. None of the 18 Americans who were quarantined developed the disease. Straight Arrow was at the Omaha facility on May 11 when the first passengers arriv…
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