While three people have died of the disease on a cruise ship in the southern Atlantic, hantavirus presents a low risk to the public, the head of the World Health Organization Europe said Monday.

The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation.

The outbreak of hantavirus, an infection that is usually transmitted to humans from rodents, occurred on a cruise ship that was traveling from Argentina to Cape Verde. Though…