Why Americans from the hantavirus-stricken ship were taken to Omaha
Summary
Americans who were on a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak were taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. There, they stayed in a special quarantine unit designed to monitor healthy people, and those who fell ill could be treated in a separate biocontainment unit.Key Facts
- Fifteen cruise ship passengers are at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- The quarantine unit has 20 single rooms with individual air filters to prevent virus spread.
- The quarantine rooms are comfortable and have their own bathrooms, exercise equipment, and Wi-Fi.
- If passengers develop symptoms, they are moved to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for hospital care.
- The biocontainment unit can treat 2-3 hantavirus patients and up to 10 patients with airborne diseases like bird flu or coronavirus.
- Two other passengers were taken to a similar biocontainment unit at Emory University in Atlanta.
- The quarantine unit was first used in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The biocontainment unit has treated patients with COVID-19 and Ebola in the past and is specially designed for safe care.
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