US Ends 42-Day Hantavirus Quarantine for 18 Cruise Passengers After 3 Deaths
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 21
US Ends 42-Day Hantavirus Quarantine for 18 Cruise Passengers After 3 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 21
Summary
Eighteen American passengers exposed aboard the MV Hondius were cleared Sunday after completing a 42-day hantavirus quarantine, ending weeks of isolation at a federal facility in Nebraska and at home.
Six remained at the University of Nebraska Medical Center until the end of the full quarantine, while 12 had been released since May 31 to finish isolation under government monitoring.
The CDC said Thursday that no U.S. cases linked to the cruise outbreak had been confirmed.
The outbreak began on a cruise that departed Argentina in April; European health authorities had reported 13 cases by June 17, and three passengers died.
The WHO identified the virus as the Andes subtype, a hantavirus strain that can spread between people in close contact.