12 people in the Netherlands quarantined due to errors in hantavirus handling
Quarantine in this case should last 42 days, or six weeks.
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Twelve employees of a medical center in Nijmegen have been sent to a six-week quarantine after protocol breaches occurred during the handling of a patient infected with hantavirus, media report.
The patient, admitted on May 7 and a passenger on the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a virus outbreak had previously been recorded, underwent a standard blood collection and processing procedure, although an enhanced biosafety regimen was required due to the specifics of the hantavirus. It was later revealed that current international regulations were also not followed during urine disposal.
"Despite a very low probability of infection, 12 employees have been sent to quarantine for six weeks as a precautionary measure," the medical center stated.
In April, the liner MV Hondius, sailing under the flag of the Netherlands, departed from Ushuaia (Argentina) and headed towards the Canary Islands. Approximately 150 people were on board, including citizens of the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, and the USA.
Within a month, three people died. On April 6, a 70-year-old Dutch citizen felt unwell and later died. His wife, who disembarked on St. Helena Island, died on April 26 in South Africa, where tests confirmed hantavirus infection. A German citizen died on the ship on May 2.
On May 10, the evacuation of MV Hondius passengers began in Tenerife. All tourists who disembarked underwent screening for the virus. According to WHO data, about ten people tested positive for hantavirus.
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