Dutch woman in Amsterdam hospital for possible hantavirus infection, health ministry says
AMSTERDAM, May 7 (Reuters) – A Dutch woman has been
admitted – to – a – hospital in Amsterdam after showing possible
symptoms of a hantavirus infection, the Dutch health ministry
said on Thursday.
Dutch broadcaster RTL said the woman was a stewardess at
Dutch airline KLM, who had been in contact with a woman who died
from a hantavirus infection in Johannesburg.
Dutch would have come into contact with a woman who died infected with hantavirus in Johannesburg
A Dutch woman was admitted to a hospital in Amsterdam with symptoms compatible with hantavirus infection, the Dutch Ministry of Health confirmed this Thursday.
is a KLM flight attendant who allegedly came into contact with the woman who died infected with hantavirus in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health authorities are monitoring the case and evaluating the possible epidemiological link between the two situations.
Hantavirus is mainly associated with contact with infected rodents and can cause serious symptoms, depending on the virus variant.
So far, no further details have been released about the clinical condition of the woman hospitalized in Amsterdam.
