German emergency services in full protective gear closed two railway tracks at Hamburg’s central station on Wednesday after two passengers were suspected of having contracted the deadly Marburg virus.
According to local reports, a 26-year-old medical student and his girlfriend began exhibiting flu-like symptoms while on a train from Frankfurt. The train was evacuated after health authorities suspected they had contracted the Marburg virus, a rare illness with a fatality rate as high as 88 per cent.
The concern arose because the student had recently arrived from Rwanda, where he had been in contact with a patient later diagnosed with the virus. Fortunately, the passengers later tested negative for the dangerous and contagious virus.
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