Post Reply - NO Lassa fever case in NL

This concerns Broekpolder general practice at the Steenhouwerskwartier. A spokesperson for the Kennemerland Safety Region says that a male patient has been isolated in the building. “A special ambulance team is on the way to transport him.

Which disease the patient is infected with is currently still unclear. “He came in with a general malaise and felt ill. That's what the doctor called for.”

Many emergency services available

According to NH reporter Thomas Jak, the police are blocking the Laan van Broekpolder. “There are also a lot of fire vans and the street is lined with ribbons. Many local residents are on the street. There is no panic, everyone is calm.”

Local residents tell Jak that people still came out of the building around 7 p.m. “They were told that someone with a highly contagious disease was in the general practice