A patient with symptoms and associated with the transport of passengers on the Hondius cruise ship was sent to Curry Cabral Hospital.
One person of Portuguese nationality with symptoms compatible with hantavirus infection, he was admitted to the São Francisco Xavier emergency room this Monday, but tested negative.
This is a suspicion associated with the transport of cruise ship passengers Hondius, so that all the protocol established for these cases was followed, advances the .
The patient was transferred to Curry Cabral, a reference hospital, and the analyzes were sent to the Ricardo Jorge Institute, which confirmed the negative test.
During the trip, passengers wore FFP2/N95 respiratory masks and the crew wore surgical masks and gloves, and at the end the plane was decontaminated, said the DGS.
What is a suspected case?
According to the by DGS, a suspected case is “anyone who has shared or visited a form of transport (e.g. boat or plane) where there has been a confirmed or probable case of hantavirus (ANDV) infection”, or “any person who has been in contact with a passenger or crew member from MV Hondius” and have acute fever or history of fever and one of the following symptoms: muscle pain, chills, headache, gastrointestinal symptoms (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain) or respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, difficulty breathing).
The reference hospitals are the Local Health Unit (ULS) São José (Curry Cabral hospital for adult patients and Dona Estefânia hospital for pediatric patients) and ULS São João (adult and pediatric patients).
