A French passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship started showing symptoms of hantavirus on a repatriation flight on Sunday afternoon, according to Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.

The passenger is flying home to France after the ship docked in the Spanish Canary Islands on Sunday morning. Lecornu said in a statement on X that the five French passengers “were immediately placed in strict isolation until further notice” and that he has issued “a decree to implement appropriate isolation measures for close contacts and to protect the general population.”