Hantavirus risk low in Ontario; couple asymptomatic and isolating in rural area: top doctor
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TORONTO — Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says two Ontario residents who were on a cruise ship with passengers infected with hantavirus are in good spirits and showing no symptoms, while isolating in their rural community.
Dr. Kieran Moore says the couple in the Grey Bruce Public Health Unit’s area are being monitored for 45 days, the longest potential incubation period for the deadly virus.
Moore says the couple disembarked the cruise ship on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena in late April then flew to Johannesburg, South Africa and an infected person was on that flight, so the couple was exposed in two settings.
He says there is very little to no risk to the general public in Ontario and the couple remains asymptomatic.
