At the train station in the German city of Hamburg, police blocked the tracks due to suspected Marburg virus infection. This was reported by the telegram channel “Bild in Russian”*.
Tracks 7 and 8 were blocked and passengers had to leave the platforms, writes TK.
It is reported that a medical student from Rwanda flew from that country, where he was treating a patient infected with the Marburg virus, to Germany on a direct flight. He and his girlfriend boarded an ICE train in Frankfurt am Main bound for Hamburg. During the trip, the student developed flu-like symptoms.
“The Marburg virus belongs to the Filoviridae family, like the Ebola virus, but is considered even more dangerous. The mortality rate from infection ranges between 24 and 90%. The virus causes hemorrhagic fever, accompanied by severe symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and internal and external bleeding,” reports TK.
*An organization that performs the functions of a foreign agent.
