{"id":339188,"date":"2026-05-23T01:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=339188"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:24:37","slug":"canada-adds-ebola-screening-at-airports-as-ontario-test-comes-back-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/canada-adds-ebola-screening-at-airports-as-ontario-test-comes-back-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada adds Ebola screening at airports as Ontario test comes back negative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Canada has introduced enhanced screening measures for Ebola at airports for returning travellers, Canada\u2019s top doctor said Friday after confirming a person who was tested in Ontario is negative for the deadly virus.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joss Reimer noted during a virtual press conference that the danger of the outbreak spreading in parts of Africa stays low for Canadians, and wouldn\u2019t say if she would recommend a travel ban for those countries.<\/p>\n<p>She said the proactive testing of the person in Ontario, who had reported symptoms \u201cconsistent with a variety of illnesses\u201d after coming back from Ethiopia, was \u201ca great example of how quickly measures are activated\u201d when a possible case emerges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach the initial testing that was conducted in Ontario in addition to confirmatory testing on the National Microbiology Laboratory were negative,\u201d Reimer said.<\/p>\n<p>She also confirmed the \u201cpassenger of concern\u201d aboard a flight that was redirected to Montreal on Wednesday was assessed and declared asymptomatic for Ebola by Public Health Agency of Canada quarantine officers, and the person has since returned to their point of origin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11860334_6a10b78b4a1d8\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11860334\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11860334\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11860334_6a10b78b4a1d8\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"One person tested for Ebola in Ontario\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"toronto\",\"canada\",\"health\"],\"keywords\":[\"dr-isaac-bogoch\",\"ebola\",\"global-news-morning\",\"infectious-disease-specialist\",\"short-clip\",\"global-news-morning-toronto\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Business and Industrial\",\"Health\",\"Health\/Health Conditions\",\"Health\/Health Conditions\/Infectious Diseases\",\"Law and Government\",\"Law and Government\/Public 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srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:36<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">One person tested for Ebola in Ontario<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"enhanced-screening-for-international-travellers\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tEnhanced screening for international travellers\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reimer said the improved \u201ccomprehensive\u201d screening has been in place at Canadian airport inspection kiosks since Wednesday, asking additional questions including whether returning travellers have been to the Democratic Republic of Congo or neighbouring Uganda inside 21 days of arriving in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get weekly health news<\/h2>\n<p>Receive the most recent medical news and health information delivered to you each Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Travellers are asked to self-identify in the event that they are experiencing symptoms or in the event that they have been in touch with someone who has tested positive for Ebola, she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just returned from Switzerland, and I can personally attest that I used to be asked additional questions regarding whether I had travelled to the world, whether I had any symptoms that could possibly be related to Ebola,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Additional quarantine and screening teams have been deployed at probably the most common ports of entry, Reimer said, and data signage has been posted.<\/p>\n<p>Reimer said these measures were appropriate given the present state of the outbreak when asked if she would recommend travel restrictions or a ban, something she noted could be a call made by cabinet moderately than herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s necessary that we have a look at how effective things like travel bans are,\u201d she said. \u201cWe must be  whether or not there may be any evidence that the outbreak is escaping the world (where) it\u2019s currently concentrated. We also must be  things like how the virus is spread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to essentially highlight that Ebola could be very different than respiratory viruses like COVID. The way in which that (Ebola) spreads is from much closer and prolonged contact. And so we do need to administer this virus otherwise than how we did with things like COVID or influenza or measles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11860464_6a10b78b4ada1\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11860464\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11860464\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11860464_6a10b78b4ada1\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Ebola outbreak 'spreading rapidly' as suspected cases rise, WHO chief says\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"health\"],\"keywords\":[\"congo\",\"ebola\",\"short-clip\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Business and Industrial\",\"Health\",\"Health\/Health Conditions\",\"Health\/Health Conditions\/Infectious Diseases\",\"Law and Government\",\"Law and Government\/Public Safety\"],\"tags\":[\"Andes\",\"Bundibugyo ebolavirus\",\"Canada\",\"Chief Public Health Officer of Canada\",\"Democratic Republic of the Congo\",\"Ebola\",\"Ethiopia\",\"French language\",\"Government of Canada\",\"Joss Reimer\",\"Microbiology\",\"National Microbiology Laboratory\",\"News\",\"Ontario\",\"Orthohantavirus\",\"Ottawa\",\"Press conference\",\"Quarantine\",\"Republic of the Congo\",\"Signs and symptoms\",\"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\",\"The Canadian Press\",\"Uganda\",\"Virus\",\"Western African Ebola epidemic\",\"World Health Organization\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Ebola outbreak \u2018spreading rapidly\u2019 as suspected cases rise, WHO chief says'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/7o6n81vlft-m457f99875\/site_ebola.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:27<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Ebola outbreak \u2018spreading rapidly\u2019 as suspected cases rise, WHO chief says<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Health<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reimer said she will probably be providing advice to cabinet on \u201cthis very fluid, rapidly evolving situation\u201d with the most recent information from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in order that \u201cdecision-makers have all of the up-to-date-information as they make this difficult decision\u201d on whether to institute travel measures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The pinnacle of the World Health Organization said Friday that the\u00a0Ebola outbreak\u00a0in Congo is \u201cspreading rapidly\u201d and poses a \u201cvery high\u201d risk on the national level.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has imposed an entry ban on foreign travelers who&#8217;ve been in Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan previously 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>Reimer on Friday also gave an update on the spread of hantavirus, after multiple Canadians that were aboard a cruise ship where a deadly outbreak of the virus emerged returned to the country this month.<\/p>\n<p>She said there have been no additional cases beyond the lone confirmed case in British Columbia who&#8217;s currently recovering in hospital. High-risk contacts who&#8217;re in that person\u2019s family are continuing to be monitored by local health authorities, she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general risk to the overall population in Canada stays low right now,\u201d Reimer said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She noted that human-to-human transmission of hantavirus, like Ebola, is rare and requires close and prolonged contact with an individual exhibiting symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have now a sturdy system in place for detection, prevention and response,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014With files from Global\u2019s Adriana Fallico and Katie Scott<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11851252_6a10b78b4d520\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11851252\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11851252\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11851252_6a10b78b4d520\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"WHO says risk from hantavirus to global population remains 'low'\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"health\"],\"keywords\":[\"hantavirus-outbreak\",\"international\",\"mv-hondius\",\"short-clip\",\"top-news\",\"who\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Business and Industrial\",\"Health\",\"Health\/Health Conditions\",\"Health\/Health Conditions\/Infectious Diseases\",\"Law and Government\",\"Law and Government\/Public Safety\"],\"tags\":[\"Andes\",\"Bundibugyo ebolavirus\",\"Canada\",\"Chief Public Health Officer of Canada\",\"Democratic Republic of the Congo\",\"Ebola\",\"Ethiopia\",\"French language\",\"Government of Canada\",\"Joss Reimer\",\"Microbiology\",\"National Microbiology Laboratory\",\"News\",\"Ontario\",\"Orthohantavirus\",\"Ottawa\",\"Press conference\",\"Quarantine\",\"Republic of the Congo\",\"Signs and symptoms\",\"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\",\"The Canadian Press\",\"Uganda\",\"Virus\",\"Western African Ebola epidemic\",\"World Health Organization\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'WHO says risk from hantavirus to global population remains \u2018low\u2019'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/m2kil55pa1-44j43c75uw\/WHO_HANTAVIRUS_SITE_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:41<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">WHO says risk from hantavirus to global population stays \u2018low\u2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has introduced enhanced screening measures for Ebola at airports for returning travellers, Canada\u2019s top doctor said Friday after confirming a person who was tested in Ontario is negative for the deadly virus. 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