To address a soaring price tag for the Interim Federal Health Program, the government introduced the new co-pay on May 1 for supplementary and prescription health coverage.
Two Canadians disembarked the ship on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena almost two weeks ago and were on the same flight as a third Canadian who was not on the vessel.
Existing law permits authorities to treat someone against their will only if their mental state poses a ‘grave and immediate danger’ to themselves or others.
The WHO says the species of hantavirus in this outbreak is the Andes virus found in South America, which is carried by rodents and the only species known to be capable of limited transmission between humans.