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Nebraska officials discuss end of hantavirus monitoring operation
Former cruise ship passengers have returned home after monitoring at UNMC, and leaders gave an update Tuesday morning on the quarantine process.
OMAHA, Neb. —
Former passengers from the hantavirus cruise ship returned to their home states after completing monitoring at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Sixteen passengers arrived on May 11, and two more arrived on May 15 after the ship was linked to the outbreak.
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Nebraska leaders discussed the operation Tuesday morning at the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center in Omaha.
“These were a long 42 days, and we’re so proud of the fact that when called and asked to rise to the occasion, we were able to rapidly step forward,” said Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, president of the University of Nebraska system.
“No matter what the risk is, Nebraskans run to it, not away from it,” Governor Jim Pillen said.
He said the state and its partners worked together quickly to respond to the outbreak and protect public health.
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