The health officials have released statements expressing that the 490 Tamil migrants, treated for Tuberculosis, a disease that they contracted being on the three-month journey in a confined ship to Victoria are much healthier than anticipated.

Out of the 490 Tamil migrants, only eight were admitted to Victoria General Hospital, which included two pregnant women, a six-month-old baby and another child, all of them who were not severely sick.

No more details have been disclosed of the health status of the migrants by Vancouver Island Health Authority.

It just said, "At this time, we can confirm only that there are a small number of patients and the majority is expected to be discharged. There has been no impact on services to the public".

To treat the migrants affected with Tuberculosis, a particular part of the Victoria General will be kept under a strict medical quarantine and will serve the medical aid to the infected migrants, as told by VIHA.

Also, on Tuesday, a memo containing the treatment plan for the patients has been circulated among the health authority employees and The Vancouver Sun, which also disclosed that the seventh floor of the Victoria General has been declared as a strict quarantine. In the second memo, which is to be introduced on Thursday, will contain the provision of services like disease-screening, triage, decontamination and portable X-ray machines at the hospital for treating the ill migrants.

The patients will be examined against any communicable disease by the BC Centre for Disease Control, while the specialists will be provided to aid them.