Canadian Cruise Passenger Tests Presumptive Positive for Hantavirus

A Canadian cruise passenger who returned from the MV Hondius has received a presumptive positive test result for hantavirus. The patient, one of four Canadians from the ship, is a member of a couple in their 70s and began showing mild symptoms, including fever and headache, two days ago. Both are hospitalized in Victoria, British Columbia. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, stated the patient is stable with mild symptoms and remains in isolation for monitoring. The second member of the couple showed very minor symptoms but tested negative. Confirmatory results from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg are expected over the weekend. The MV Hondius was the site of a hantavirus outbreak.