French passenger on board hantavirus-hit ship tests positive as Irish passengers land home

The Irish evacuees from the MV Hondius will now quarantine in a HSE facility

A passenger gives a thumbs-up as Spanish health officials help them disembark the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius at Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on Sunday. Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty

A French passenger who was on board the hantavirus-hit cruise ship has tested positive for the virus. 

Eight people no longer on the ship have fallen ill, according to a World Health ​Organisation tally from Friday, of whom six are confirmed to have contracted the virus. Three have died - a Dutch couple and a ​German national.