lpoutine, todd has just posted a new topic entitled "Hantavirus" in forum "Urban Issues". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "..Island Health Medical Health Officer, said in a statement an “an inappropriate laboratory control procedure”... .."Initially, under an abundance of caution, lab staff were requested to remain in the laboratory until the risk assessment could be completed. In addition, lab tests were paused and sent off-site. A team of infection prevention and control, public health, laboratory, and operations staff worked closely with the BC Centre for Disease Control, carefully reviewing every aspect to ensure a thorough response and was able to determine... ..no increased risk to the public, and no actions for the public to take, at this time. Our sites remain safe places to visit and seek care. Hantavirus does not transmit via blood, rather through infected saliva or urine...": https://globalnews.ca/news/11853495/hantavirus-confirmed-case-canada/ (https://globalnews.ca/news/11853495/hantavirus-confirmed-case-canada/) Only a few thousand cases of transmission of the andes strain, doesn't sound like we've got a great grip on possible transmission routes. few previous cases "..2023 study suggesting the hantavirus can live for years in semen and be transmitted sexually long after infection is getting attention following the deadly outbreak on the MV Hondius...": https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5881767-hantavirus-semen-research-study/ (https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5881767-hantavirus-semen-research-study/) Should have they been brought back to Canada. You assume a risk when you travel abroad. The strain does not exist in Canada except now in Victoria. Just hope it doesn't somehow get to the rodent population.. I assume when they were isolating their waste was not flushed "..“There is very limited experience handling this virus,” said Palacios, who was the director of the Center for Genome Sciences at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases when he helped piece together how the virus moved from person to person. The study of the outbreak was published in 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine....": https://www.wcvb.com/article/andes-virus-cruise-ship-outbreak-hondius-epuyen/71239068 (https://www.wcvb.com/article/andes-virus-cruise-ship-outbreak-hondius-epuyen/71239068) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The topic can be found here: https://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/topic/7977-hantavirus/?view=getnewpost You can unsubscribe at any time here: https://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/unsubscribe/Zm9ydW1zO2ZvcnVtczsyMzszNjI5OzM2Mjk7bGF1cmVuY2UucG91dGluZS52dnZ2QGJsb2dnZXIuY29t/ If you are not following any forums and wish to stop receiving notifications, uncheck the setting "Send me news and information" found in 'My Settings' under 'Notification Options'.
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