The Health Minister of France said that 26 individuals were in close contact with the hantavirus, and all of them tested negative. Even Dutch officials said that individuals who arrived in the Netherlands tested negative. Both countries have confirmed that people who were in close contact with the hantavirus have confirmed negative test results, but these people will test for hantavirus three times in a week. People who were in close contact with the Dutch woman who died from hantavirus are kept in isolation in a hospital in France. One individual is in serious condition in a French hospital, while four others are under observation in France.
All the people who were in close contact and tested positive are now tested negative, said the Health Minister on Twitter. There were 22 people who were on a flight from the Atlantic Island to Johannesburg and from Johannesburg to Amsterdam. The Dutch woman who was confirmed with positive test results of Hantavirus died in a South African hospital. One individual had symptoms but has confirmed negative test results according to the official sources. The European Union will share the details between the 27 member states to combat hantavirus effectively.
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