Nebraska quarantine unit monitors hantavirus passengers from cruise ship

Fifteen passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship were placed in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s National Quarantine Unit in Omaha for monitoring, with two others sent to Emory University’s biocontainment facility. The Nebraska unit, federally funded, is designed for well individuals and features private rooms with negative-air pressure and no visitors, while the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit provides hospital care if symptoms develop. The setup reflects decades of preparedness and has been used for COVID-19 and Ebola responses.