A 32-year-old woman in Alicante, Spain has symptoms consistent with hantavirus and is being tested by health officials — the case is linked to the wider outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship where multiple passengers fell ill. Spain has confirmed the case and is coordinating disembarkation and quarantine protocols for affected passengers, with the U.S. sending a charter flight to retrieve American citizens once the ship docks at the Canary Islands this weekend. The case appears connected to secondary transmission — this woman became ill after contact with someone who had traveled on the infected cruise ship, showing how the outbreak is now spreading beyond the vessel into mainland Spain.