12 Dutch hospital staff quarantined after handling samples from suspected hantavirus patient

Six-week quarantine after one patient handling incident

Twelve staff members at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands were placed in six-week precautionary quarantine after handling samples from a patient potentially infected with hantavirus. The case follows an outbreak traced to the MV Hondius cruise ship, with growing worry over the Andes strain spreading beyond its original setting.