Hantavirus outbreak could be over ‘sooner rather than later’: Infectious diseases specialist
Ontario says seven more low-risk contacts must isolate for 45 days as the global outbreak reaches 11 cases and three deaths.
- Ontario health officials are monitoring 10 people for hantavirus exposure, including seven deemed low-risk contacts, with spokesperson Jackson Jacobs stating they must isolate for 45 days "out of an abundance of caution."
- The global hantavirus outbreak has reached 11 confirmed cases, including three deaths, though the World Health Organization maintains the risk of widespread transmission remains low.
- Another six individuals are currently isolating in Alberta and British Columbia, while four Canadians on Vancouver Island remain in voluntary isolation for at least 21 days.
- Stephen Hoption Cann at the University in British Columbia defended the voluntary isolation strategy as "balanced," arguing that avoiding extreme quarantines maintains public cooperation amid COVID-19 pandemic lessons.
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the virus's long incubation period means additional cases may emerge in the coming weeks, though no new fatalities have occurred since May 2.
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Hantavirus outbreak could be over ‘sooner rather than later’: Infectious diseases specialist
At least three people in Ontario are isolating due to possible exposure to the hantavirus, but one infectious diseases specialist says the limited outbreak can be contained if public health measures are followed.
Ontario monitoring 7 additional people considered ‘low risk’ hantavirus contacts – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Ontario’s ministry of health is asking seven more people to isolate in relation to a global hantavirus outbreak, though it says those individuals are considered “low-risk” contacts. Jackson Jacobs, a spokesperson for the province’s health minister, says that’s in addition to the three people who were exposed to the virus while travelling, and who are considered “high-risk.” They’re all directed to isolate for 45 days “out of an abundan…
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