Medics escort a patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, to an ambulance after being flown to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Two Canadian passengers who left hantavirus cruise are now in Ontario and isolating
May 7, 2026 | 8:07 AM
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TORONTO — Two Canadians who disembarked a cruise ship that’s been hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are in Ontario and have been isolating since they returned home, the province’s health minister says.
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones said it is believed that they are not a transmission risk, but the situation is fluid.
Jones says the province is preparing to see if there are any other individuals who need to return to Canada and Ontario.
She says the incubation and monitoring period will likely be around 30 days.
