2026-05-14 from ctvnews.ca
Canada has been informed of 26 travellers who shared a flight with a person potentially infected with hantavirus, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Joss Reimer revealed on Thursday.
Provincial and territorial health authorities are attempting to contact those people now. Reimer said European authorities had designated those travellers as “no risk” of infection, but that Canada is taking a more cautious approach.
Canadian public health authorities consider those travellers to be “minimal, low risk” contacts, said Reimer.
It’s the latest update from Canadian officials who are working to uncover the full scope of a fatal outbreak that began on board the MV Hondius, a cruise ship that docked in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday.
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