Surveillance ordered for US hantavirus ship passengers who go home
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It appeared earlier this week that some of the passengers might be prevented from leaving the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska, the only federally funded facility of its kind.
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Jacey Fortin, Apoorva Mandavilli
NEW YORK – At least some of the 18 American cruise ship passengers potentially exposed to the hantavirus will be allowed to leave a quarantine facility on June 1, after nearly three weeks in isolation.
But federal officials have said that the passengers should remain in their homes and under constant surveillance by law enforcement or public health workers for another three weeks – an approach that greatly exceeds typical public health protocols.
