Cruise Passengers Exit 3-Week Nebraska Quarantine After 3 Die in Hantavirus Outbreak
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Updated · ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV · Jun 1
Cruise Passengers Exit 3-Week Nebraska Quarantine After 3 Die in Hantavirus Outbreak
14 articles · Updated · ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV · Jun 1
Passengers from the MV Hondius linked to the hantavirus outbreak can leave a Nebraska quarantine facility on Monday after entering isolation on May 11.
Three weeks of strict isolation kept each person in a separate room with no visitors or contact with other passengers, with only medical staff interaction allowed.
Those released will shift to self-quarantine and keep monitoring for symptoms, though at least one person plans to stay through the full 42-day incubation period.
The outbreak killed three people and sickened about a dozen after the expedition cruise ship was held in the Canary Islands.
The virus was the Andes strain of hantavirus, a rare form that can spread through very close contact and bodily fluids, with no FDA-approved treatment available.
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