Trump Administration Orders Quarantine for Two Hantavirus Cruise Passengers and Bars Entry of Ebola-Infected Americans
The measures apply to two cruise-ship passengers exposed to hantavirus and to U.S. citizens who contract Ebola abroad. They mark a shift from earlier administration positions on pandemic restrictions.
abcnews.go.comThe Trump administration has ordered two passengers from a cruise ship that experienced a hantavirus outbreak to enter mandatory quarantine and is preventing Americans who contract Ebola overseas from returning to the United States for treatment. The orders were issued under the current administration and were reported on June 11, 2026.
The administration previously criticized many COVID-19 measures.
The quarantine directive targets the two passengers identified after the cruise-ship outbreak. S. citizen who becomes infected with Ebola while outside the country. Both steps represent concrete travel and movement restrictions adopted in response to the identified disease events.
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