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Passengers from hantavirus quarantine return home for monitoring
Summary
Five passengers formerly quarantined due to potential hantavirus exposure have returned to their home states for continued health monitoring.
Five passengers who were quarantined after potentially being exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship have left a national facility in Nebraska and returned home, according to Nebraska Medicine. While all 18 individuals in the group were urged to remain until completing a 42-day monitoring period, these five departed after three weeks. Nebraska Medicine confirmed that they will now be monitored for an additional 21 days by local and state public health authorities.
