# A Dutch hospital quarantined 12 staff members in a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protocols. Radboud University medical centre in Nijmegen says the staff members will be quarantined for six weeks, adding the infection risk was very low and patient care continued uninterrupted. International medical officials are working to contain the outbreak of the virus, which hit a luxury cruise ship which has set off for the Netherlands after discharging its final passengers in Spain’s Canary Islands.
Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol