US Cruise Ship Passengers Not Being Forced to Quarantine: CDC

Passengers are being encouraged to remain in quarantine.

The Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit, in Omaha, Neb., on May 11, 2026. Dylan Widger/Getty Images

People who were on board the cruise ship hit with hantavirus will not be forced to stay in quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said on May 13.

“There are no state or federal quarantine orders that have been drawn,” Dr. David Fitter, the CDC’s incident manager for hantavirus response, told reporters on a call.