Hamburg train station platforms closed over suspected Marburg virus cases - A medical student and his girlfriend who had just returned from Rwanda fell ill while travelling through Germany

Medical tests came back negative for two people in Hamburg feared to have the Marburg virus, the German authorities said on Thursday, a day after they were taken to hospital on fears they were infected with the life-threatening haemorrhagic fever.

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 people suspected of having the deadly Marburg virus in Germany have tested negative, local authorities have said.

First cases of the deadly Marburg virus suspected in Europe as a 26-year-old medical student who had recently returned from Rwanda and his girlfriend fell ill at Hamburg train station

German police cordoned off part of a train station in Hamburg and isolated two people to reduce the risk of the deadly Marburg virus spreading.

Berlin: Doctors have placed two people recently returned from Rwanda in isolation and are testing to see if they have contracted the deadly Marburg

Doctors have placed two people recently returned from Rwanda in isolation and are testing to see if they have contracted the deadly Marburg virus, health officials in Hamburg said Thursday.

A lethal virus with no cure is feared to be spreading through Europe after railway passengers in Germany began to show symptoms. The Marburg virus kills up to 88% of people who contract the disease, causing victims to develop a haemorrhagic fever and even bleed from their eyes before their death.