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

A Spanish passenger is sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, on May 10, 2026. AP Photo

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.