US Imposes 24/7 Home Monitoring on 18 Hantavirus-Exposed Cruise Passengers

8 articles · Updated · CNN · May 28

Eighteen Americans quarantined in Nebraska after exposure to Andes hantavirus could start going home as early as Monday, but only if their states station a monitor outside their homes around the clock for the final three weeks.
The new federal condition goes beyond earlier CDC guidance for twice-daily in-person checks and has already hit resistance: passengers said New York is the only state so far to refuse home completion of quarantine.
Thirteen ship-linked Andes hantavirus cases and three deaths have been recorded after the MV Hondius voyage; the virus can spread person to person, but officials say those under monitoring have no symptoms and public risk is low.
Passengers called the guard requirement punitive and inconsistent, noting other Americans who left the ship before the outbreak was identified are not facing full-time monitoring.
Federal officials told passengers the order came from above the CDC director, underscoring a broader Trump administration shift toward stricter infectious-disease controls, including plans to build Ebola quarantine units in Kenya.

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If hantavirus risk is low, what is the real reason for 24/7 guards outside American homes?