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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Lee

Trump admin strained emergency funds during scramble to rescue American woman during Hantavirus outbreak

The Trump administration chartered a private yacht at a cost of $750,000 to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island, a move that has further strained the State Department's emergency budget.

The woman had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and was potentially exposed to the virus.

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