OTTAWA — Canada’s chief public health officer says three more Canadians who have returned to the country may have had brief contact with a person infected with hantavirus on a flight. Two are in Alberta and one is in Ontario.
OTTAWA — Canada’s chief public health officer says three more Canadians who have returned to the country may have had brief contact with a person infected with hantavirus on a flight.
Two are in Alberta and one is in Ontario. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says one consular officer is now in the Canary Islands, where four Canadians on a cruise ship that was hit with a hantavirus outbreak are set to arrive Sunday morning. Anand tells The Canadian Press that four Canadian passengers are still on the ship.
She says dozens of foreign service staff have been tasked with responding to the hantavirus outbreak by reaching out to those affected and responding to questions from the public. The MV Hondius, a cruise ship owned by a Dutch company carrying more than 140 asymptomatic passengers and crew, is set to dock early Sunday in Granadilla in Tenerife, a Spanish island off the coast of Africa. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 8, 2026. Dylan Robertson, Allison Jones and Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
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