Apoorva Mandavilli

Public health experts say the administration’s quarantine orders go beyond what is needed to prevent the U.S. spread of Ebola and hantavirus.

The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.

In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.

By and The Trump administration plans to send to Kenya U.S. citizens exposed to the Ebola virus rather than bring them home for observation and treatment, according to three people with knowledge of the plans.

For many people, the past month has brought unpleasant echoes of COVID: Mysterious deaths aboard a cruise ship, a virus that causes a deadly respiratory illness and talk of forced quarantines.

But U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, seen as critical to improving odds of survival.

By and WASHINGTON — A 50-bed quarantine unit that the United States is setting up in Kenya to house American citizens exposed to

Trump administration officials want local health authorities to constantly monitor the 18 passengers for another three weeks, a requirement that far exceeds typical protocols.

At least some of the 18 American cruise ship passengers potentially exposed to the hantavirus will be allowed to leave a quarantine facility Monday, after nearly three weeks in isolation.