“There’s No Risk Of Further Spread,” Says Dutch Health Chief on Hantavirus | APT

Ajouté : 2026-05-18

[00:00:27]So the next couple of weeks they will be going to a medical monitoring. That means that there's a daily check of their medical situation by the public health service. Um and uh this will be done in quarantine uh because if they develop illness, uh they are infectious and we want to prevent any further spread.

[00:01:18]Uh until now all uh passengers have have gone off board besides the two that were ill, that were medically evacuated. We have had no none that uh have developed uh uh illness due to hantavirus. Uh some developed some symptoms, but they were tested and they tested negative.

[00:01:53]But as you have seen, the ship is arriving under controlled conditions uh and and all people will be uh medically monitored and quarantined in in proper situation. So, there's no risk of further spread.