Hantavirus: All French Contact Cases Tested Negative, Announces the Minister of Health
Health officials said the 26 close contacts will keep being tested three times a week as France monitors wider exposure risks.
- On Thursday, Health Minister Stephanie Rist confirmed all Twenty-six people in France identified as close contacts of hantavirus cases linked to the Hondius cruise ship tested negative.
- Twenty-Two of these individuals were isolated in France after traveling on flights from Saint Helena to Johannesburg or on a Johannesburg-Amsterdam flight with a Dutch passenger who later died.
- French doctors monitor four others from the Hondius, while globally, three people have died and Six are confirmed to have hantavirus, according to official figures.
- France on Tuesday called for "closer coordination" on European Union health protocols as the bloc looks to step up information exchange between its 27 members.
- Health authorities have not advised against any travel destinations, noting low risk to the public, though the Twenty-six individuals in France will continue to be tested three times a week.
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berlingske.dkSeveral people who were on a flight with a Dutch woman who had hantavirus are in isolation in France.
Hantavirus Scare Eases as French Contacts Test Negative
France’s health minister said on Thursday, May 14th, that 26 people in France identified as close contacts of hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship had tested negative for the illness. Dutch authorities said that all people who arrived in the Netherlands on evacuation flights from the ship this week have also tested negative. Twenty-six people are in hospital isolation in France, including 22 identified as close contacts of a Dut…
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France and Netherlands say all hantavirus contact cases negative
26 people are currently isolated in a hospital, but will continue to be followed by doctors and tested 3 times a week. Minister of Health of France excludes risk of previous contagion.
Negative Vigilance: France Clears All Suspected Hantavirus Cases
In France, 26 individuals suspected of hantavirus infection have tested negative. Despite the results, they remain under medical observation. French health authorities will not disclose results unless a positive case emerges. The hantavirus is mostly spread by rodents but can rarely be transmitted between humans through close contact.
The 26 hospitalized people are tested negative, "without exception", the French Minister of Health announced this Thursday. Tests are scheduled three times a week, while the incubation of the strain lasts up to 42 days "The totality of cases contact to a positive person in France", were "tested negative, without exception", the Minister of Health Stéphanie Rist on Thursday announced. "As a precautionary measure in the face of a disease whose let…
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