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    Dutch hospital quarantines 12 staff after hantavirus protocol error

    Twelve hospital workers at Radboudumc university medical centre in Nijmegen have been placed in precautionary quarantine for six weeks after staff used a standard blood-draw procedure instead of the stricter protocol required for hantavirus patients, the hospital announced Monday. The patient had been evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship on May 7.