An individual in Peel is being monitored for hantavirus
They are the third person in Ontario to require isolation due to the virus
In addition to the couple isolating in Grey-Bruce after coming into contact with hantavirus through an infected cruise ship passenger, a third person is now isolating in Ontario.
Health Minister Sylvia Jones said yesterday that the third individual is in Peel.
“They continue to be asymptomatic and obviously the local public health unit is monitoring closely,” Jones explained at a news conference, regarding the Grey-Bruce couple.
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The individual in Peel, she said, is also asymptomatic. According to Peel Public Health, they are visiting Canada, and are not a resident. They had contact with someone, likely on a plane, who was confirmed to be positive with hantavirus.
“The risk to the broader Peel community is very low. Residents do not need to take any additional precautions,” a statement published by the health agency said.
As of yesterday, nine Canadians may have had exposures.
The hantavirus is spread by contact with rodents or their urine, saliva or droppings. It is the Andean strain of the virus which has been identified in the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak. It can spread from person-to-person.
The outbreak on the ship has led to three deaths.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
