Event Brief
UPDATED May 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM ET
May 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM ET
Canadian passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus test
By The BriefBrief
Canadian officials said one of four returning cruise passengers received a presumptive positive hantavirus test result.
WHO: Bonnie Henry
WHAT: A Canadian cruise passenger received a presumptive positive hantavirus test result; confirmatory results are expected from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg.
WHEN: May 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM ET
WHERE: British Columbia, Canada
WHY: The passenger returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak.
How this story developed (showing 11 of 11 earlier reports)
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship docks in Rotterdam for disinfection
· May 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM ET
Hantavirus deaths on cruise ship bound for Rotterdam
· May 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM ET
Canadian tests positive for hantavirus after cruise
· May 17, 2026 at 9:04 AM ET
Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive hantavirus test
· May 17, 2026 at 9:04 AM ET
Canada confirms first hantavirus case in B.C. isolation
· May 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM ET
Canadian cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus
· May 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET
Butler says hantavirus cruise passengers are in good shape
· May 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM ET
Ship operator expects by week’s end to resume cruises
· May 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM ET
Next steps for Americans after possible hantavirus exposure
· May 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Canadians isolating from hantavirus cruise in B.C.
· May 11, 2026 at 6:03 AM ET
Canadians onboard hantavirus cruise ship set to disembark
· May 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM ET
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