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Four Cruise Passengers Quarantined in BC After Hantavirus Outbreak
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Four passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have arrived in British Columbia for a 21-day quarantine. The group includes a Yukon couple in their seventies, a Vancouver Island resident in their seventies, and a British Columbia resident in their fifties living abroad. They were cleared as low risk at Victoria International Airport and are isolating in designated spots. The hantavirus, which mainly spreads from rodents and rarely jumps person-to-person, has caused three deaths and seven infections. Canada has seen about 143 cases since January 2020, averaging four or five a year. Health officials are monitoring the situation closely, assuring containment and no pandemic-like spread.
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