CDC reclassifies the UNMC American passenger from confirmed to 'inconclusive'; medically cleared from biocontainment to join the quarantine cohort

WOWT / Nebraska Medicine (May 13 evening update): CDC officials at the Wednesday briefing announced that the cruise-ship passenger who had been admitted to UNMC's National Biocontainment Unit after testing positive on a shipboard sample 'later tested negative for hantavirus - all before arriving in Omaha - so their status for the virus has now been classified as inconclusive.' The patient is being retested with results expected back 'in a day or so.' UNMC-Nebraska Medicine update issued Wednesday evening: 'All 16 passengers from the MV Hondius are now being monitored and assessed in the National Quarantine Unit at Davis Global Center.' The patient was the only confirmed case among the 16 Americans repatriated on the May 11 State Department flight. The CDC also clarified passengers were not placed under quarantine orders but were encouraged to remain at the UNMC facilities; some may return home for self-monitoring. This reclassification is the source of WHO DON601's one 'inconclusive' case figure.

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WOWT (Nebraska Medicine + CDC briefing)

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hantavirus