Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol

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Boats approach the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius after it arrived at the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 202Picture: JORGE GUERRERO / AFP via Getty Images)

A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members in a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantaviruspatient were handled without observing strict protocols.

The 12 will be quarantined for six weeks, the Radboudumc hospital in the city of Nijmegen said, adding that ​the infection risk was very low and patient care continued uninterrupted.