An American oncologist who traveled on a cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment isolation unit in Nebraska. Multiple outlets report that Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, from Bend, Oregon, was among more than 120 passengers and crew evacuated from the ship and taken for quarantine-related monitoring in different countries. Kornfeld was brought to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha with 15 other Americans. Because a nasal swab Kornfeld took on the ship produced inconclusive results for hantavirus, hospital officials moved him to an isolated biocontainment unit while he was the only American in that higher-containment setting. The University of Nebraska Medical Center later announced that Kornfeld will leave the biocontainment unit and instead join the other 15 Americans who are monitored through the National Quarantine Unit. Sources also describe Kornfeld’s role in caring for fellow passengers who became sick aboard the ship and note that the hospital spokesperson Kayla Thomas said the change reflects updated clearance.
Oncologist isolated in Nebraska after cruise ship hantavirus outbreak cleared to leave biocontainment
An American oncologist who traveled on a cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment isolation unit in Nebraska. Multiple outlets report that...
- Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, an oncologist from Bend, Oregon, was placed in an isolated biocontainment unit in Nebraska after an inconclusive nasal swab while on a hantavirus-affected cruise ship.
- He is reported to be the lone American in the biocontainment unit before being cleared to leave it.
- More than 120 passengers and crew were evacuated from the ship and taken for quarantine-related monitoring in different countries.
- Kornfeld was taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha with 15 other Americans.
- The hospital says Kornfeld will now join the 15 others for monitoring at the National Quarantine Unit instead of remaining in biocontainment.
(MedPage Today) -- An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for...
3 months agoAn oncologist travelling on the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for fellow passengers who became sick on board. Dr. Stephen Kornfeld of Bend, Oregon, was among more than 120 passengers and crew evacuated from the ship and flown to different countries to enter quarantine. Kornfeld was brought to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha with 15 other Americans, but he was the only one taken to an isolated biocontainment unit after a nasal swab he took on the ship produced inconclusive results about whether he had the virus. On Wednesday, the hospital announced that Kornfeld will now join the 15 other Americans who were taken for monitoring at the National Quarantine Unit, instead of the biocontainment unit, according to hospital spokesperson Kayla Thomas. Kornfeld appeared on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" on a video
3 months agoAn oncologist traveling on a cruise ship amid a hantavirus outbreak says he's the lone American isolated at a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska
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