CDC and Florida at odds over hantavirus cruise ship passenger’s quarantine

Florida health officials are pushing back at quarantine guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius exposed to the deadly Andes hantavirus. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. One American who was on the cruise ship says … Read more

Protests erupt over U.S. Ebola quarantine center in Kenya

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U.S. plan to open Ebola quarantine center in Kenya faces growing backlash and protests

Plans for Americans exposed to Ebola to be quarantined abroad faced mounting backlash Tuesday, with Kenya’s president defending a proposed 50-bed facility in the country after violent protests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A Kenyan court extended its block on the establishment of the center … Read more

Kenyan court blocks opening of U.S. Ebola quarantine center on air base

Nairobi — A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine center for U.S. nationals following a petition filed by a rights group. The facility had been due to open Friday in Kenya, according to U.S. officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battling a major … Read more

Trump administration building Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

The Trump administration confirms it is working to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who were exposed to or infected with the deadly illness. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who spent time in Guinea as an aid worker during the West African Ebola virus epidemic, … Read more

U.S. setting up Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya, officials say

The U.S. is in the process of setting up a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who were exposed to Ebola or infected with the deadly illness, multiple officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. A Trump administration official told CBS News the facility is designed to … Read more

Omaha Steaks, Nerf basketball and hazmat suits: Former contagion patients describe life in quarantine

As more than 40 Americans remain in quarantine for up to six weeks following a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship, former patients who spent time inside some of the nation’s highest-security medical isolation units during previous viral contagions are sharing what it’s like to endure weeks cut off from the outside world. Subscribe to … Read more

American passenger from hantavirus-hit cruise ship speaks about life in quarantine

The number of people being monitored for hantavirus in the United States has grown to 41, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, as new details emerge about potential flight exposures and the conditions of passengers in quarantine from the affected M/V Hondius cruise ship. Eighteen repatriated passengers from the cruise are being … Read more

Jake Rosmarin, passenger from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, on quarantine experience

Jake Rosmarin, a travel influencer who was on the M/V Hondius as it suffered a hantavirus outbreak, is one of 16 Americans quarantining at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Rosmarin spoke with CBS News about how a five-week trip is now stretching into 12 weeks away from home. Source link

New Yorker describes hantavirus quarantine experience after cruise ship outbreak:

A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak. Jake Rosmarin is one of three New Yorkers who were on the M/V Hondius. Rosmarin, originally from Monroe, New York, described his time so far … Read more