Strict Monitoring Could Delay Homecoming of Hantavirus Ship Passengers

Scritto il 29/05/2026
da Jacey Fortin and Apoorva Mandavilli

Trump administration officials want local health authorities to constantly monitor the 18 passengers for another three weeks, a requirement that far exceeds typical protocols.The passengers who have been housed in the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center were aboard a cruise ship that became the center of a global hantavirus outbreak this month.