Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak
A Canadian cruise passenger has received a presumptive positive test result for hantavirus following an outbreak on the MV Hondius. The individual, along with their partner, is currently hospitalized in Victoria with mild symptoms. Health officials are monitoring the situation closely, and the hantavirus is not considered to have pandemic potential.
- ▪One of four Canadians from a cruise ship has a presumptive positive hantavirus test result.
- ▪The patient is in their 70s and is currently hospitalized with mild symptoms.
- ▪Three people have died since the hantavirus outbreak began on the ship, with a total of 12 cases reported.
- ▪Health officials have stated that the hantavirus does not pose a pandemic risk to the general public.
- ▪Infection control precautions have been in place since the Canadians returned to British Columbia.
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One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak received a “presumptive positive” test result for the virus, Canadian officials said on Saturday (May 16, 2026)Results from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg to confirm the case are expected to come over the weekend, said Dr. Bonnie Henry, the public health officer for the province of British Columbia. French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on artificial lung as total cases grow to 11“Clearly this is not what we hoped for, but it is what we planned for,” Mr. Henry said.The person, one member of a couple in their 70s, began showing mild symptoms, including a fever and headache, two days ago.
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