The cruise ship MV Hondius anchors near the port of Granadilla, on 10 May, 2026 in Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The evacuation operation of the MV Hondius cruise ship with hantavirus is ready to begin operations to disembark
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Canada’s national health agency confirmed Sunday that one of four Canadians who returned from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus.
The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test a day after the public health officer for the province of British Columbia said the person had received a “presumptive positive” but further testing would be conducted at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg.
What they’re saying:
“One individual’s sample was confirmed positive for hantavirus,” the national agency said in a statement.
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A second individual who was a traveling partner of the confirmed case was confirmed negative, the statement said. Both people, a couple in their 70s from the Yukon, are in a hospital in Victoria.
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Dig deeper:
The four Canadian cruise passengers returned to British Columbia last Sunday. Besides the couple, there was a person in their 70s from Vancouver Island and a British Columbia person in their 50s who lives abroad.
All are in isolation.
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Three people have died since the hantavirus outbreak began on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The Canadian patient is the 10th person from the ship to test positive.
Among the three who died are a Dutch couple who health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.
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