Key facts
- Five hantavirus-exposed cruise ship passengers have been released from quarantine.
- Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen called the release a positive development.
- The release is a result of collaboration between state, university, and federal health partners.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen expressed his approval of the release of five cruise ship passengers, who were exposed to hantavirus, from the National Quarantine Unit (NQU) in Omaha. Pillen described the event as a 'positive development' and attributed it to the successful collaboration between the state of Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and federal health partners. The governor's statement emphasized the cooperative effort involved in managing the situation.