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'I want to be unequivocal here: this is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a COVID pandemic. This is an outbreak that we see on a ship,' a WHO official said.

The World Health Organization said detailed investigations aboard the MV Hondius ship are ongoing, including further laboratory testing.

World Health Organization officials are working on a step-by-step operational guidance for the safe disembarkation of passengers and crew once they reach land.

A World Health Organization official said that the cruise stopped at several islands off the coast of Africa, some of which 'have a lot of rodents.'

The World Health Organization has identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person, in passengers who were on the cruise ship.

The World Health Organization has said it has received reports of eight cases, including three deaths, from the outbreak of the rodent-borne Andes virus on the MV Hondius.

The federal government says three people with connections to the cruise are isolating at home in Ontario and Quebec, but they aren't showing symptoms.

Two Canadians who were aboard a cruise ship that was the site of a hantavirus outbreak are now in Ontario, officials said, while a third possible contact is isolating in Quebec.

The passengers wore protective gear as they climbed the stairs onto the plane, which is bound for the Saguenay-Bagotville Airport roughly two hours outside of Quebec City.

The show was part of the entertainment program at an Egyptian hotel complex and involved two snakes, 'presumably cobras,' police said.

Research from a Saskatoon-based infectious disease lab looks at the difference in the immune response between humans and rodents to identify a treatment approach for hantavirus.

Four Canadian passengers who were onboard MV Hondius during a hantavrius will fly to an airport near Quebec City where they'll switch planes to return to British Columbia.

The life-saving trauma kits include bandages, antibiotics and anesthetics to treat patients who sustained war-related injuries, the WHO stated.

The latest hantavirus outbreak raises the question of how does hantavirus compare with other viruses that have posed major public health challenges.

Spanish nationals were the first to leave the MV Hondius, which remains anchored off Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off West Africa's coast.

The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment.

A 100-year-old Ottawa man is set to become the first centenarian to walk a 5K at Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, raising funds for seniors and dementia care groups.

The daughter of a Canadian woman killed in a bus crash in the Dominican Republic says her family is still searching for answers three days after the incident.

Trump said the war would continue until Iran is 'totally and decisively defeated' and predicted it would be over 'very soon,' but denied suggestions it could end this week.

The Canadian Mental Health Association says it regrets that 'unvetted materials' about cocaine use were distributed at an Ontario school during Mental Health Awareness Week.