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Canadians know not to mess around with rodents, I’ll let you infer who doesn’t
So will the Canadian Government finally admit gophers are rodents and farm animals eating grass with gopher droppings are a health hazard to the farm animals and people that consume the milk and meat?
“I’ve already eliminated Liberals from my social circle – not around rats anymore – should be safe”
😂 😂 😆
Duke you take first prize when it comes to dumb comments. You clown
You know this cruise ship debacle is just another example of why high density housing is not really a good thing, healthwise.
Oh goodie goodie, a new medical calamity we can spend hours and hours reporting on cried the Leftist media. Be very very frightened they all cried. Follow are websites they say. Click on our advertisers
So it took the head doc to advise Canucks to stop kissing mice. Jesus, they make us sound like such stupid f*ckers dont they. Yeah, like we play with rodents.
All this because some floating petri dish couldnt keep itself clean.
Just sounds like fearmongering to me
Trump’s US doesn’t believe in this virus nonsense. They should let the passengers off at Florida.
No worries, arrows on the floor will save us.
Carney and the Liberals are total rats
I’ll be sure to let them know come Election time.
Do not go near rodents? seems really known, but they did not go to seek rats, maybe walked through rodent feces or urine without knowing what the issue was. Not everyone can recognize the dropping, liquid or stable droppings.
being top doctor does not mean much, when you are lying to the public
Is this “top doctor” as wrong as Tam always was…..
jim taylor you must suck trumps coc
Stay in alberta you cnts
I guess that means Disneyland is out.
Stay away from rodents…hahaha. How long has she lived in Canada?!. Who doesn’t have mice in their garage, cottage etc.? This is just general platitude speak.
Top doctor? Says who? Ya we already heard from “top doctor”. I’m good
Adopt a cat might have been more useful advice.
Canadian media DESPERATELY grasping onto another thing to keep them valid, but they’re a dying form. Caught on too many lies and too much bias.
Talk about the $200 million “spaceport”. You won’t, because you’re paid not to.
Zero credibility. There’ll be a big celebration when Canada’s bought and paid for media rings its death knell.
Definitely wear a bag over your head like Dr. Man Tam when having sex with a rodent. Also stay 6 feet away and show your rat free card. Liberals please keep your elbows up.
Well then stop letting them all in the country.
Carney is a virus.
I hear “Glory hole sex” is an effective means of preventing highly transmitted diseases.
Experts say…..
Wonder if it applies to this one as well..
Who is making out with rodents these days? Beware of rodents sneezing. Business idea – masks for rodents.
stay away from Carney
Well in western Canada we try and avoid rodents but eastern Canada keeps putting them in office.
Great advice. What if you live in a farm or rural. Carney can’t do anything
I’ve already eliminated Liberals from my social circle – not around rats anymore – should be safe
Another hate attack on Jews in Toronto today, can’t find the story here at all. No Jews in Global News view?
Gee, thanks for the tip. Also, what is a rice rate? Other than the current market price for rice.
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While the risk of wide transmission of the new hantavirus strain in Canada is “low,” Canada’s top doctor is asking Canadians to stay away from rodents to reduce the risk of infection.
Hantaviruses are a type of infection that affect rodents and can sometimes spread to humans, said Dr. Joss Reimer, Canada’s chief public health officer.
“The overall risk to the general population in connection with this outbreak of the hantavirus is low,” she said.
In April, a hantavirus infection broke out on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius.
In total, there are 10 Canadians who are suspected to have been in contact with the virus, including six in Canada and four on the cruise ship, PHAC said.
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.
In addition, public health investigations are also underway by local authorities regarding three additional Canadians, two in Alberta and one in Ontario, Reimer said.
“I want to be clear that there is no evidence that asymptomatic individuals can spread hantavirus to others,” she added.
Humans can inhale virus particles from rodent urine, droppings or saliva that have been released into the air, she said.
Onward spread within Canada is not expected, “even if an infected individual were to arrive here.”
“To reduce the risk of infection from all types of hantavirus, we advise people to stay away from rodents and safely clean and disinfect areas contaminated by rodents,” Dr. Reimer said.
The species of hantavirus in this outbreak is the Andes virus, which is the only species of hantavirus known to cause limited human to human transmission, Dr. Reimer said.
“The Andes virus is found in South America. It is not found in Canada. At this point in the investigation, it is believed that the first case may have been exposed while traveling in South America before boarding the ship,” she added.
“The risk remains low, and we are doing everything possible to reduce the risk of transmission,” Health Minister Marjorie Michel said in a social media post.
In North America five rodents are known to carry hantaviruses – deer mouse, cotton rat, rice rat, white-footed mouse and red-backed vole.
Consular officials are on their way to the Canary Islands to meet with four Canadians on board a deadly hantavirus-stricken 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.
They say that while more cases are possible in the coming weeks, hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, and the outbreak will likely not turn into an epidemic.
— with files from Canadian Press
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