Two people suspected of having the potentially lethal Marburg virus have tested negative, according to a Thursday statement from the city of Hamburg's social welfare office. They traveled to Germany from Rwanda.

There was considerable commotion at the Hamburg train station. At one point, one of the platforms was closed and completely isolated due to a justified fear that two passengers traveling by train had contracted the deadly Marburg virus in Africa.

Two passengers with suspected cases of Marburg virus in Germany have tested negative for the highly contagious disease. The travellers – returning from Rwanda to Hamburg via Frankfurt – were taken for examination at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) on Wednesday (2 October).

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 recently returned to Germany from Rwanda who feared they had contracted the deadly Marburg virus have tested negative, health officials in Hamburg said Thursday.

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.

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.