Lab tests confirm positive hantavirus case in B.C. cruise ship passenger
Public health officials say the patient developed mild symptoms and their travel partner tested negative, while 27 other passengers are being monitored.
- On Sunday, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed a Yukon resident isolating in British Columbia tested positive for the rare Andes hantavirus strain after returning from an Antarctic cruise aboard the MV Hondius.
- The World Health Organization identified the Andes strain aboard the cruise ship, noting it spreads person-to-person unlike most hantaviruses; the outbreak has caused 11 infections and three deaths since departing Argentina in April.
- Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported the patient developed mild symptoms including fever and headache while isolating on Vancouver Island; a third traveler was hospitalized out of an "abundance of caution," while the patient's partner tested negative.
- Authorities are monitoring 27 people across Canada for symptoms after sharing flights with the confirmed case, while Chief Public Health Officer Joss Reimer thanked British Columbia staff for their dedicated management of the situation.
- The MV Hondius is due in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Monday with no symptomatic staff on board, while the WHO recommends 42 days of isolation though overall public risk from the Andes strain remains low.
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Canadian citizen with hantavirus infection was repatriated to an aircraft with Portuguese crew. DGS says there is "no evidence of secondary transmission associated with this flight".
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed on Sunday, using laboratory analyses, a case of infection with the Andes strain of l的hantavirus.
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