Canadian officials report that one of four Canadians isolating on Vancouver Island after exposure to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius has a presumptive positive test result, later described as positive. The individual, who is part of a couple returning from the cruise and in their 70s, develops mild symptoms including fever and headache, with the person’s condition described as stable. Public health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry of British Columbia says both the individual and their partner, who also had been isolating, were transferred to hospital in Victoria for assessment and testing after symptoms appeared. Earlier reporting describes the couple as being required to isolate for at least 21 days following the vacation. Multiple outlets also note that the outbreak aboard the cruise ship has led to deaths, with officials referring to three deaths. Canadian authorities say a National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is involved in confirming test results. The individuals remain under public health monitoring while further confirmation is expected from laboratory testing.
Canadian cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus while isolating in British Columbia
Canadian officials report that one of four Canadians isolating on Vancouver Island after exposure to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius has a presumptive positive test result, later described as positiv...
- A Canadian cruise passenger isolating on Vancouver Island, British Columbia tests presumptively positive for hantavirus.
- The passenger develops mild symptoms, including fever and headache, and is reported to be in stable condition.
- The passenger is part of a couple in their 70s who returned from the MV Hondius and had been isolating with public health requirements.
- The passenger and their partner are transferred to hospital in Victoria for assessment and further testing.
- Canadian officials say the outbreak occurred aboard the MV Hondius, which has been linked to multiple deaths.
A Canadian is the first person in North America to have tested positive for the hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, authorities said. The post Officials: Canadian Becomes First Positive Hantavirus Case in North America After Cruise Ship Outbreak appeared first on Breitbart.
4 months agoThe Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test after British Columbia’s top public health officer previously described the case as a "presumptive positive."
4 months agoA Canadian resident who set sail on the cruise ship at the center of a global hantavirus outbreak has become the first person in North America to test positive for the illness.
4 months agoA Canadian resident who set sail on the cruise ship at the center of a global hantavirus outbreak has become the first person in North America to test positive for the illness.
4 months agoMONTREAL — A Canadian who was aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus, public health officials said Sunday. The patient was one of four Canadians aboard the hantavirus-stricken vessel, which set sail on April 1 from Argentina on a course across the Atlantic Ocean until the outbreak of the rare rodent-carried disease. “One individual’s sample was confirmed positive for hantavirus on May 16,” a statement from Public Health Agency of Canada said Sunday. READ: Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus result “A second individual who was a travelling partner of the confirmed case […]...Keep on reading: Canadian cruise passenger confirmed positive for hantavirus
4 months agoThe Canadian patient is the 10th person from the ship to test positive.
4 months agoA second individual who was a travelling partner has tested negative as officials downplay wider infection risk to the population.
4 months agoBBC – A Canadian who sailed on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak in April, has tested positive for the disease, officials in the… The post Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive appeared first on Barbados Today.
4 months agoCanada’s national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive
4 months agoCanada's national health agency Sunday confirmed that one of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship hit with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus.
4 months agoCanada's national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive
4 months agoThe person who tested positive is in stable condition, says Victoria, BC, provincial health officer
4 months agoThe patient was one of four Canadians aboard the hantavirus-affected cruise ship MV Hondius.
4 months agoVANCOUVER, British Columbia — 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 Saturday. 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. “Clearly this is not what we hoped for, but it is what we planned for,” Henry said. The person, one member of a couple in their 70s, began showing mild symptoms, including a […]...Keep on reading: Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus result
4 months agoCanadian officials have reported that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has a “presumptive positive” test result
4 months agoOne 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. Results from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg to confirm the case are expected to come over the weekend, said Bonnie Henry, the public health officer for the province of British Columbia. “Clearly this is not what we hoped for, but it is what we planned for,” Henry said. The person, one member...
4 months agoOne of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a presumptive positive test result for the virus.
4 months agoThe individual is one of four former passengers on the MV Hondius isolating on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
4 months agoThe person was on board the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three livesCanadian officials said on Saturday that one of the four Canadians currently quarantining in British Columbia after being exposed to the hantavirus while on board the cruise ship where the outbreak occurred has presumptively tested positive.Speaking at news conference, Dr Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, said the individual developed mild symptoms, including fever and headache, two days ago, and that the individual and their partner, who had also been on board the cruise ship where they had been isolating together, were transferred to a hospital in Victoria for assessment and testing. Continue reading...
4 months agoCouple from the Yukon experience symptoms of the hantavirus, with one testing positive this week.
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