One tests positive for hantavirus, Canadian national health agency confirms
Canada's national health agency confirmed a positive hantavirus test for one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship outbreak. The individual, along with their traveling partner, is currently hospitalized in Victoria, while the other two passengers are in isolation. The agency reassured the public that the overall risk from the outbreak remains low.
- ▪One Canadian tested positive for hantavirus after returning from a cruise ship outbreak.
- ▪The individual and their partner are hospitalized, while two other passengers are in isolation.
- ▪Three people have died from the outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship.
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Canada's national health agency on Sunday (May 17, 2026) confirmed that one of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship hit with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus.The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test a day after the public health officer for the province of British Columbia said the person had received a “presumptive positive” but further testing would be conducted at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak“One individual’s sample was confirmed positive for hantavirus,” the national agency said in a statement.A second individual who was a travelling partner of the confirmed case was confirmed negative, the statement said.
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