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 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.

The health authority in Hamburg isolated both people at the main train station and transferred them to an area for highly contagious infectious diseases at the UKE for further exa

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

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.

Similarly to Ebola, the Marburg virus is spread via contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, as well as via contact with infected materials.