What we know about hantavirus now that people linked to outbreak are back in Canada

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  What we know about hantavirus now that people linked to outbreak are back in Canada↗

  theguardian.com · 2026-06-01

  Beyond the confirmed case, Canadian authorities are monitoring several other individuals who may have been exposed to the Andes hantavirus, either on the MV Hondius cruise ship or on flights with infected passengers. Ten people with connections to the ship are in Canada, including six passengers and four flight contacts. These individuals are isolating in British Columbia, Ontario (Grey Bruce, Peel region), and Alberta, with varying quarantine periods.

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  What we know about hantavirus now that people linked to outbreak are back in Canada↗

  vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com · 2026-06-02

  Ten people with connections to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, including six passengers and four flight contacts, are being monitored in Canada. Four passengers are isolating on Vancouver Island (Yukon, BC), and two others in Grey Bruce, Ontario. Two travelers are isolating in Alberta, and one in Peel region, Ontario. Another Quebecer was deemed low risk. The Andes virus strain, capable of human-to-human transmission, was involved.

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  7 more in Ontario told to isolate, considered 'low-risk' hantavirus contacts↗

  globalnews.ca · 2026-05-12

  Ontario's health ministry has requested seven additional individuals to isolate as 'low-risk' contacts related to the global hantavirus outbreak, supplementing three 'high-risk' contacts already isolating. These individuals, including a couple in Grey Bruce and a visitor to Peel Region, shared a flight with a cruise passenger who later died of hantavirus. All are directed to isolate for 45 days out of caution.

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  Hantavirus outbreak could be over 'sooner rather than later': Infectious diseases specialist↗

  cp24.com · 2026-05-12

  As of May 12, 2026, three people in Ontario, Canada, were isolating due to possible exposure to the hantavirus linked to the cruise ship outbreak, though none were showing symptoms. Two individuals were in Grey-Bruce counties and one in Peel Region. An infectious diseases specialist expressed confidence that the limited outbreak of the Andes strain, which is found in South America, could be contained with routine public health measures, similar to a 2018 outbreak in Argentina. Public health officials are advising healthcare providers to use airborne and droplet precautions when caring for pat