Americans from the Hantavirus-Stricken Cruise Ship Were Taken to a Quarantine Unit in Nebraska. Here's Why.

TL;DR

Fifteen passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship are being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The National Quarantine Unit is designed for asymptomatic individuals needing monitoring, featuring single-occupancy rooms with negative air pressure systems.
If passengers develop symptoms, they are moved to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, a patient care space for hospital-based treatment.
The biocontainment unit can typically accommodate 10 patients with airborne diseases, but capacity for hantavirus cases is two to three patients.
Two passengers were transferred to a biocontainment facility at Emory University due to capacity limitations.
Both the quarantine and biocontainment units at UNMC have prior experience responding to infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and Ebola.

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