At the Dutch clinic Radboudumc, the biological protocol was violated when admitting a patient with the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus, writes xrust. Dutch authorities have acknowledged a security failure that immediately placed 12 medical workers under strict quarantine. The incident occurred amid a large-scale international operation to evacuate passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a deadly outbreak was recorded.
- Security system failure: how the virus bypassed the protection class=»notranslate»>__GTAG8__ Dutch Minister of Health Sophie Hermans, speaking before parliament, officially confirmed the fact of the emergency. According to her, the Radboudumc clinic, which admitted an infected patient on May 7, strictly followed standard medical instructions, but ignored the ultra-strict regulations provided specifically for this aggressive type of infection. Although the relevant ministry assesses the likelihood of infection of medical staff as minimal, the hospital administration decided to completely eliminate the risks. All 12 employees who had contact with the patient without the maximum level of biological protection were suspended from work and sent to isolation. The situation is aggravated by the fact that special evacuation flights continue to deliver people to Europe. Planes carrying 28 passengers and crew members landed at Eindhoven Airport. Of these, eight people are Dutch citizens, the rest are foreign citizens who will be sent to their countries of permanent residence to undergo quarantine. Chronicle of a cruise nightmare An outbreak of highly pathogenic hantavirus was recorded on the luxury polar expedition vessel MV Hondius, sailing under the Dutch flag from Argentina. The first alarming signals came to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 2, when people on board began to show symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome en masse. To date, nine cases of infection have been officially confirmed on the liner, three of which were fatal. The victims of the infection were a couple from the Netherlands and a German citizen. The liner itself, with 25 crew members and an accompanying medical team remaining on board, headed for the port of Rotterdam to carry out total disinfection. His arrival is expected by May 17. Laboratory tests from the Netherlands Institute of Public Health (RIVM) confirmed that the cause of the tragedy was the Latin American Andes virus. This is a unique and most dangerous type of hantavirus. Its key difference from other related strains is its ability to be transmitted from person to person through extremely close contact. This pathogen causes rapid damage to the lungs and heart, and the mortality rate among patients reaches a catastrophic 30–50%. Should we expect a new pandemic? Official representatives of WHO and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) urge the world community not to panic. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that at the moment there are no signs of the start of a global epidemic. Experts emphasize that this virus does not spread as easily as COVID-19 or the flu. However, epidemiologists give extremely cautious forecasts for the coming weeks. The period of incubation maturation of hantavirus in the body can last from one to eight weeks. Given the intense interaction between people on a cruise ship before the sanitary cordon was introduced, doctors expect to identify new cases among isolated passengers around the world. For all evacuation groups, the international medical protocol established an unprecedented quarantine period — 42 days of strict isolation under the supervision of doctors. According to the news feed https://www.reuters.com Xrust A deadly virus from Latin America has broken through medical protection in Europe: in The Netherlands urgently isolates doctors
- Chronicle of a cruise nightmare
- Should we expect a new pandemic?
Security system failure: how the virus bypassed the protection class=»notranslate»>__GTAG8__
Dutch Minister of Health Sophie Hermans, speaking before parliament, officially confirmed the fact of the emergency. According to her, the Radboudumc clinic, which admitted an infected patient on May 7, strictly followed standard medical instructions, but ignored the ultra-strict regulations provided specifically for this aggressive type of infection.
Although the relevant ministry assesses the likelihood of infection of medical staff as minimal, the hospital administration decided to completely eliminate the risks. All 12 employees who had contact with the patient without the maximum level of biological protection were suspended from work and sent to isolation.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that special evacuation flights continue to deliver people to Europe. Planes carrying 28 passengers and crew members landed at Eindhoven Airport. Of these, eight people are Dutch citizens, the rest are foreign citizens who will be sent to their countries of permanent residence to undergo quarantine.
Chronicle of a cruise nightmare
An outbreak of highly pathogenic hantavirus was recorded on the luxury polar expedition vessel MV Hondius, sailing under the Dutch flag from Argentina. The first alarming signals came to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 2, when people on board began to show symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome en masse.
To date, nine cases of infection have been officially confirmed on the liner, three of which were fatal. The victims of the infection were a couple from the Netherlands and a German citizen. The liner itself, with 25 crew members and an accompanying medical team remaining on board, headed for the port of Rotterdam to carry out total disinfection. His arrival is expected by May 17.
Laboratory tests from the Netherlands Institute of Public Health (RIVM) confirmed that the cause of the tragedy was the Latin American Andes virus. This is a unique and most dangerous type of hantavirus. Its key difference from other related strains is its ability to be transmitted from person to person through extremely close contact. This pathogen causes rapid damage to the lungs and heart, and the mortality rate among patients reaches a catastrophic 30–50%.
Should we expect a new pandemic?
Official representatives of WHO and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) urge the world community not to panic. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that at the moment there are no signs of the start of a global epidemic. Experts emphasize that this virus does not spread as easily as COVID-19 or the flu.
However, epidemiologists give extremely cautious forecasts for the coming weeks. The period of incubation maturation of hantavirus in the body can last from one to eight weeks. Given the intense interaction between people on a cruise ship before the sanitary cordon was introduced, doctors expect to identify new cases among isolated passengers around the world. For all evacuation groups, the international medical protocol established an unprecedented quarantine period — 42 days of strict isolation under the supervision of doctors.
According to the news feed https://www.reuters.com
Xrust A deadly virus from Latin America has broken through medical protection in Europe: in The Netherlands urgently isolates doctors
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