CDC ends US hantavirus response |
CDC ends US Hantavirus response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially ended its Hantavirus response Wednesday, more than a month after the first Americans were evacuated following an outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the North Atlantic.
The wind-down comes after the final 42-day quarantine period for the Americans who were exposed to the virus ended earlier this week.
More than a dozen Americans were housed at a quarantine facility in Nebraska. While officials initially said the passengers would be monitored for 21 days, the Trump administration instead required them to stay unless their home states agreed to round-the-clock monitoring to ensure compliance with quarantine requirements.
Some passengers were able to leave the facility earlier this month, but the rest stayed, including one woman who was being held against her will after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ignored the recommendation of a CDC medical review.
No individuals in the United States remain under public health monitoring, and there were no additional cases of the rare Andes strain of the Hantavirus.
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