Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Joss Reimer provides an update about the Andes hantavirus and actions taken by the Government of Canada during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on May 14, 2026. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada’s chief public health officer says 26 people across the country are being contacted after sharing flights with passengers linked to the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship, though officials consider their risk low.
The 26 individuals were being asked to self-monitor for symptoms of hantavirus as part of a “precautionary approach” to the outbreak, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Joss Reimer said during a press conference on May 14.
