A French woman repatriated from the ship tested positive after falling seriously ill while in isolation in Paris. Health officials have also identified 22 contact cases linked to flights connected to the passengers

The ship, carrying passengers from 28 countries, departed Argentina on April 1 and is heading toward Spain’s Canary Islands. Health authorities are tracing passengers who disembarked at St Helena, while WHO says the risk of a pandemic is low but confirmed rare human-to-human transmission of the virus