US pays $750K to evacuate American from cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak
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Source: The Manila Times
Published: 2026-06-12 05:50 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Tax & Budget, World News, US Politics, Asia Pacific
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, a move that has further strained the State Department's emergency budget.
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