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        "msgid": "canadian-cruise-ship-passenger-suspected-of-having-hantavirus-1780675807",
        "date": "2026-05-17 16:51:28",
        "title": "Canadian Cruise Ship Passenger Suspected of Having Hantavirus",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A passenger on a cruise ship originating from Canada is suspected of having hantavirus, one of four Canadian citizens on board who contracted the virus during a voyage that began in Argentina. Health officials report that the individual was showing mild symptoms and has been isolated, with test results expected soon to confirm the infection.",
        "content": "<p>According to AFP, Sunday (17\/5\/2026), the patient is one of four\nCanadian citizens on board a ship infected with hantavirus, which set\nsail on April 1 from Argentina towards the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health Agency of Canada said that officials from the\nwestern province of British Columbia \u201creported that one of the four\nhigh-risk individuals who are self-isolating and being monitored for\nsymptoms has been provisionally diagnosed with Andes hantavirus\ninfection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Andes strain of hantavirus is the only strain known to spread\nbetween humans.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, the death toll remains at three people.<\/p>\n<p>The patient and their partner reported experiencing mild symptoms.\nThey were taken to hospital and remain in isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a precaution, a third individual who was staying in a safe\nshelter for isolation has been moved to hospital for assessment and\ntesting,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Test results to confirm hantavirus infection are expected within the\nnext few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overall risk to the general population in Canada from the Andes\nhantavirus outbreak associated with the MV Hondius cruise ship remains\nlow at this time,\u201d the public health agency stressed.<\/p>\n<p>There is no vaccine or specific treatment for hantavirus, but health\nofficials have rejected comparisons with the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>",
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