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2024-10-03 Europe
Passengers suspected of having deadly 'eye-bleeding' Marburg virus force closure of major German station
Epidemic tourist or devout believer?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two passengers suspected of having the deadly Marburg virus have forced the closure of a major German station amid fears the highly infectious Ebola-like disease has reached Europe.

Police cordoned off tracks seven and eight for several hours at Hamburg Station and travellers were cleared from platforms after emergency services in full protective suits boarded the ICE from Frankfurt.

Local reports have stated that two passengers on board have apparently been infected with the deadly 'eye-bleeding' virus.

One of the passengers is a man said to be a German medical student, 26, who boarded the ICE train to Hamburg with his girlfriend on Wednesday afternoon in Frankfurt.

During the train ride, both developed flu-like symptoms.

According to Bild, the student had previously arrived by plane directly from Rwanda where he had contact with a patient who doctors later diagnosed as being infected with the Marburg virus.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-10-03 13:02|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

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