Ontario Now Testing 10 Asymptomatic People for Hantavirus; Low-Risk Cases to Stop Isolating If Negative

Ontario’s ministry of health says it is now testing 10 asymptomatic people with connections to a hantavirus-stricken cruise, a shift from government remarks made earlier this week. The province says the three “high-risk” travellers—two who were on the cruise and one who was on the same flight as a person who has since died of hantavirus—will stay in strict isolation regardless of their result. However, a ministry spokesperson says the seven “low-risk” contacts can stop their recommended 45-day isolation if they test negative, while daily public health monitoring will continue. Public health officials have described “low-risk” contacts as air passengers who were on the same flight as someone with hantavirus, but weren’t in close proximity to them....