Pakistan, May 21 -- Health authorities in the Netherlands have quarantined 12 hospital staff members after potential exposure to hantavirus, following strict precautionary measures. The decision came after concerns that medical workers at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen may have handled infected samples without fully adequate safety protocols, prompting immediate containment steps.

According to hospital officials, the quarantine will last six weeks while investigations continue into how the exposure occurred. The hospital confirmed that staff members were in contact with blood and urine samples from a confirmed hantavirus patient. Despite the incident, authorities emphasized that overall infection risk remains very low and ...