Spanish woman in hospital with suspected hantavirus infection; new case suspected on remote island

A Spanish woman who was on the same flight as a passenger who later died of hantavirus is being treated at a hospital for a suspected infection, local officials said Friday

A Spanish woman who was on the same flight as a passenger who later died of hantavirus is being treated at a hospital for a suspected infection, local officials said Friday.

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The Spanish Health Ministry said in a Friday briefing that a 32-year-old woman was being treated in her home city of Alicante, after the regional Valencian health authority contacted her through a Europe-wide health alert system.

The woman was “sitting two rows behind the person who died from hantavirus, a person who tested positive, having had only brief contact as they were on board the plane for a short time,” Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla told a news conference.