CDC requiring some former cruise passengers to stay in hantavirus quarantine

 The Trump administration is forcing two American passengers who were exposed to the hantavirus to stay in a special quarantine facility in Nebraska.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a social media post it has issued quarantine orders for two of the 18 passengers from the M/V Hondius cruise ship to remain at the Nebraska Quarantine Facility through May 31, which would mark the end of a 21-day monitoring period.

That period is when the risk of becoming symptomatic from the hantavirus is at its highest. 

CDC officials initially said the passengers were being asked to stay for monitoring but the agency was not going to use its mandatory quarantine authority. Officials indicated the passengers would likely not be required to stay for the full 42-day incubation period for the virus.

That changed Monday, but officials did not elaborate on the reasoning. The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to a request for comment.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5885795-cdc-hantavirus-quarantine-nebraska/