A station platform has been cordoned off at Hamburg central station in northern Germany amid fears that a train passenger may have arrived carrying a dangerous virus. A fire department spokesman told the Bild tabloid that the man and his girlfriend had developed flu-like symptoms on a high-speed train from Frankfurt.

Two people have been hospitalized with the suspected Marburg virus in Hamburg after at least one returned from treating patients with infectious diseases abroad, German authorities said on Wednesday.

Two passengers suspected of carrying the lethal and highly contagious Marburg virus set off alarm at Hamburg’s main train station on Wednesday afternoon.

Two suspected cases reported in Germany after WHO advises against all travel to Rwanda amid concerning outbreak.

Parts of Hamburg’s main train station were cordoned off on Wednesday afternoon over two train passengers suspected of carrying the highly lethal Marburg virus.

Police have swarmed a railway station in Germany after passengers showed symptoms of a lethal virus, for which there is no vaccine. Chaos erupted as officers cordoned off tracks 7 and 8 at Hamburg Central Station for several hours this afternoon,