US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered an American passenger exposed to hantavirus to remain in quarantine despite medical advice and against her will, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The passenger, Angela Perryman, 47, was one of 18 Americans quarantined in the U.S. after Andes hantavirus cases were found aboard a cruise ship earlier this year.
The remaining passengers at the quarantine unit will leave Nebraska on June 22, a Department of Health and Human Services official told Reuters.
Perryman wished to go to her home in Florida, but the state refused to provide the monitoring, the Wall Street Journal and the Times reported.
Kennedy's order said despite the doctor's report, Perryman was reasonably believed to be infected with or exposed to the disease, according to the Journal.
