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A Spaniard traveling on the MV Hondius claimed that not all passengers of the cruise ship that experienced the hantavirus outbreak have been monitored, as 23 disembarked before reaching the Canary Islands and returned to their homes.
Traceability is one of the key aspects of the campaign to prevent the spread of the disease, but the worrying detail was revealed by El País, which published that a Spanish passenger stated that several guests from the MV Hondius disembarked on April 22nd on Saint Helena Island, 10 days after the first death on board, and from there began their return home.
Meanwhile, the Spanish Department of Health reported that there are now 10 confirmed cases of hanta, following the confirmation of a Spaniard admitted to Gómez Ulla Hospital in Madrid.
Regarding the two suspicious cases, one of them, the American citizen who tested "weak" positive in an initial test in Cape Verde, ultimately tested negative.
In the Netherlands, 12 employees of the Radboudumc university hospital in Nijmegen were placed in preventive quarantine for six weeks after potentially being exposed to hantavirus while caring for an infected patient from the MV Hondius cruise ship, as reported by 20 Minutos.
According to the medical center, during the care of a patient admitted on Thursday from the Hondius, two incidents related to the handling of biological samples occurred. Firstly, the patient's blood was processed following standard protocol, when due to the nature of the virus, it should have been handled under stricter biosafety measures. Additionally, on Saturday, it was noted that during the disposal of the patient's urine, the most recent international standards, which also required reinforced procedures, had not been applied.
The cruise ship MV Hondius sailed on Monday towards the Port of Rotterdam with the crew, where it is expected to arrive on Monday, May 18th. The outbreak on board has already caused three deaths.
Source: portalportuario
