Three people with possible symptoms of the disease were evacuated on Wednesday morning from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius.

The Spanish government will receive the vessel. The World Health Organization said human-to-human transmission may have played a role in the outbreak.

Three passengers of the MV Hondius died after showing symptoms of the rare disease. Health authorities confirmed two cases and are investigating five others.

Nobody was hurt and all were rescued after a bus driver in training hit a parked car and veered into the river near Paris, officials said.