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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Misper Apawu)<\/p>\n
One person\u2019s sample was confirmed positive, while their travelling partner\u2019s test was confirmed negative<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been no further cases identified at this time. All high-risk contacts are isolating and will continue to be monitored closely by local public health,\u201d a statement from the agency said.<\/p>\n
B.C.\u2019s provincial health officer announced Saturday that one of the four Canadians who was isolating on Vancouver Island had received a \u201cpresumptive positive\u201d test.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bonnie Henry told a news conference that the person was part of a couple from the Yukon who were isolating and developed mild symptoms on Thursday, including a fever and a headache.<\/p>\n
The public health agency says it has provided the information about the positive case, which is the first in a Canadian, to the World Health Organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe overall risk to the general population in Canada from the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship remains low at this time,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n
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\u201cAll confirmed cases to date have been passengers or crew on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Given the severity of this virus, we are taking a precautionary approach to ensure Canadians are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n
So far, 12 worldwide cases of hantavirus have been linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, including the one Canadian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Canada\u2019s chief public health officer said 26 people from across the country who were considered low risk were asked to monitor for symptoms, while another nine, including the couple, were classified as high risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those high-risk people in Ontario, Alberta and B.C. were asked to isolate, and were being monitored.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 17, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laboratory testing has confirmed the presumptive positive case of the Andes strain of hantavirus reported in British Columbia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-446861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}