The infected man is one of more than 120 passengers and crew members evacuated from MV Hondius, the ministry says.
An American and a French national who have returned home have tested positive for hantavirus.
The passengers landed in the UK on Sunday and none have reported symptoms, but they will will be monitored in hospital for 72 hours.
Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person to person.
BBC’s Sarah Rainsford reports from the port in Tenerife where the MV Hondius is soon to dock, after a deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The MV Hondius is expected to dock in the Canary Islands this weekend.
US President Donald Trump says a hantavirus cruise ship cluster is ‘under very good control.’
140 passengers and crew on the MV Hondius vessel will be ‘completely isolated’ and evacuated, say Spanish authorities.