Oregon Doctor Finishes 3-Week Hantavirus Quarantine at Home After Cruise-Ship Exposure

3 articles · Updated · KETV Omaha · Jun 8

Dr. Stephen Kornfeld is isolating at his Oregon home with three weeks left in quarantine after weeks inside a Nebraska Medicine facility in Omaha.
Kornfeld said the home confinement is easier than the hospital stay, though a car remains outside for 24/7 monitoring.
He contracted hantavirus while caring for infected patients aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic and is among Americans allowed to complete quarantine outside Nebraska.
His account adds a personal view of the response to the cruise-ship hantavirus exposure, shifting from strict institutional isolation to monitored home quarantine.

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