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Ontario now testing asymptomatic people for hantavirus; low-risk cases to stop isolating if negative

Ontario’s ministry of health said it is now testing asymptomatic people with connections to a hantavirus-stricken cruise, a shift from government remarks made earlier this week, as health officials around the world grapple with the role of testing in the current effort to contain spread of the rodent-borne illness.The province said 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. However, a ministry spokesperson said the seven “low-risk” contacts can stop…

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