New Delhi, April 6 -- A month after the famed actor Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the couple's New Mexico home, three people in the rural California town of Mammoth Lakes have died from the same disease which has caused alarm amongst health officials, reported New York Post on 5 April.

According to the report, Betsy Arakawa died in February from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome after which the rare disease came into the national spotlight.

The report added that Mono County Public Health has confirmed three more deaths this week.

"The occurrence of three cases in a short period has me worried," NYP quoted Dr. Tom Boo, Mono County Public Health Officer, as saying.

For the health officials, it to...