Passengers are screened with a temperature scanner before boarding a plane bound for Canada, after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on May 10, 2026. AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez
Health experts say it’s not clear whether it’s useful to test people who may have been exposed to hantavirus but don’t have symptoms.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, says public health officials around the world are discussing the issue as passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have returned to their home countries.
