24 11 2019
The Dutch tropical doctor who had been infected with the lassa virus in Sierra Leone died last night. Minister Bruins of Ministry of Health reported this in a letter.
The minister also announced that a second doctor was infected with lassa fever. That is also a Dutchman who contracted the virus while working in the West African country. After arriving at Schiphol, he was immediately taken by ambulance to the Emergency Hospital in the UMC in Utrecht. That hospital has special facilities and was previously used for patients with Ebola in 2014.
The lassa virus is spread by rodents and mainly occurs in western Africa. If a patient receives antiviral drugs on time, the disease can be treated well.
It was announced on Wednesday that the doctor who has now died was repatriated to the Netherlands. He has since been in isolation at the Leiden University Medical Center.
The Dutch tropical doctor who had been infected with the lassa virus in Sierra Leone died last night. Minister Bruins of Ministry of Health reported this in a letter.
The minister also announced that a second doctor was infected with lassa fever. That is also a Dutchman who contracted the virus while working in the West African country. After arriving at Schiphol, he was immediately taken by ambulance to the Emergency Hospital in the UMC in Utrecht. That hospital has special facilities and was previously used for patients with Ebola in 2014.
The lassa virus is spread by rodents and mainly occurs in western Africa. If a patient receives antiviral drugs on time, the disease can be treated well.
It was announced on Wednesday that the doctor who has now died was repatriated to the Netherlands. He has since been in isolation at the Leiden University Medical Center.
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