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according to german media reports, the main railway station in hamburg, germany, issued a major emergency alarm.federal police blockade hamburg station for hours, where tracks 7 and 8 are temporarily suspended and passengers are not allowed to leave the platform.

police said that on an ice train from frankfurt to hamburg,two cases of suspected infection emergedmarburg virusof cases, this is a deadly virus, as famous as ebola, with a case fatality rate as high as 88%!

there were approximately 200 passengers on board the train, the police are checking the close contacts of the patient.

it is reported that two people confirmed to be infected with marburg virus took an ice train from frankfurt to hamburg.the two cases are a couple. the male patient is a 26-year-old medical student in germany. he previously flew back to germany from rwanda and came into contact with a patient infected with marburg virus in rwanda.。

according to xinhua news agency on september 29, the rwandan ministry of health said on september 28,the recent outbreak of marburg virus disease in the country has killed 6 patients, and about 20 other confirmed infections are being treated.。

rwandan health minister sabine nsanzimana said in a video statement on social media: "the vast majority of infections and deaths are among health care workers, primarily those working in intensive care units. "relevant agencies are tracing close contacts of confirmed cases.

according to the world health organization, marburg virus disease is a severe viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the marburg virus. symptoms include high fever, headache, myalgia, diarrhea, vomiting, bleeding, etc. marburg virus and ebola virus are both filoviruses and are spread through physical contact and body fluid contact. existing research believes thatthe virus was initially transmitted to humans from its natural host, the north african fruit bat, and spread from person to person。

since the marburg virus was first discovered in 1967,to date, no vaccine or effective treatment has been approved for use, but someimmunotherapyand drugs are in development. the disease has an average mortality rate of about 50%; in past outbreaks, case fatality rates have ranged from 24% to 88%, depending on the strain and case management.

rwanda's neighbors, tanzania and uganda, reported confirmed cases of marburg virus in 2023 and 2017 respectively.

source: chengshi interactive comprehensive report