One Canadian tests positive for hantavirus, British Columbia officials say

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The individual was tested at a hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, after developing mild symptoms.

British Columbia's government says one Canadian has tested positive for hantavirus after leaving a luxury cruise ship hit by an outbreak of the Andes strain of the virus.

The individual, who was tested at a hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, after developing mild symptoms, is one of four Canadians isolating on the island after leaving the MV Hondius, a , that departed Argentina on a polar expedition on 1 April.

The group included two couples - one from Yukon and another from British Columbia. The individual who tested positive is from Yukon, officials said.