A third person in Ontario is now in isolation due to hantavirus exposure. Here’s everything we know. – CTV
May 11, 2026
A third Ontario resident now in isolation because of the hantavirus is in Peel Region, Health Minister Sylvia Jones confirms.
Ontario health officials said Friday that two people from the same household were isolating in the Grey-Bruce counties area. Jones said that couple continues to be asymptomatic.
Federal health officials said Friday a third person from Ontario may have had brief contact with a confirmed case on a flight, but did not specify where in Ontario they were from.
“The couple in Gray-Bruce absolutely is still self-isolating. They continue to be asymptomatic and obviously the local public health unit is monitoring closely,” Jones said Monday. “We do have a third individual in the Peel Region who is also isolating and being monitored by the local public health unit.”
Health officials have said that hantavirus, a rare, but sometimes deadly disease, does not spread easily from person-to-person. According to the World Health Organization, the disease is usually spread through contact with the urine, feces or saliva of infected rats.
