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Canada's nationalist wellness bureau connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) confirmed that 1 of 4 Canadians who returned location from a cruise vessel deed with a hantavirus outbreak has tested affirmative for the virus.
The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the affirmative trial a time aft the nationalist wellness serviceman for the state of British Columbia said the idiosyncratic had received a “presumptive positive” but further investigating would beryllium conducted astatine the National Microbiology Lab successful Winnipeg.
“One individual’s illustration was confirmed affirmative for hantavirus,” the nationalist bureau said successful a statement.
A 2nd idiosyncratic who was a travelling spouse of the confirmed lawsuit was confirmed negative, the connection said. Both people, a mates successful their 70s from the Yukon, are successful a infirmary successful Victoria.
The 4 Canadian cruise passengers returned to British Columbia past Sunday (May 10, 2026). Besides the couple, determination was a idiosyncratic successful their 70s from Vancouver Island and a British Columbia idiosyncratic successful their 50s who lives abroad. All are successful isolation.
Three radical person died since the hantavirus outbreak began connected the cruise vessel MV Hondius. The Canadian diligent is the 10th idiosyncratic from the vessel to trial positive.
Among the 3 who died are a Dutch mates who wellness officials judge were the archetypal exposed to the microorganism portion visiting South America.
The Canadian nationalist wellness bureau said it is taking a precautionary attack to guarantee citizens are protected.
“The wide hazard to the wide colonisation successful Canada from the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise vessel remains debased astatine this time,” the connection said. “All confirmed cases to day person been passengers oregon unit connected the MV Hondius cruise ship."
The bureau said it provided the accusation astir the affirmative lawsuit to the World Health Organization and volition stock accusation to enactment the ongoing planetary probe of the outbreak.
