There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24% to 88%.

The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health facilities.

In Rwanda, 11 deaths have been reported from this rare but deadly disease. Two people tested negative in Germany this week.

Rwanda declared an outbreak of the highly contagious Marburg virus​, a deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.

Hamburg train station in Germany was partially locked down on Wednesday after suspected cases of a deadly virus were detected.

WHO has said the risk of the outbreak is “very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.” Marburg virus disease is highly contagious and can cause haemorrhagic fever with a fatality ratio of up to 88 per cent. There is currently no vaccine or specific treatment.

Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, with 36 cases reported so far and 11 deaths. The World Health Organization said this week the risk of the outbreak is very high in Rwanda,

Has the Marburg virus appeared in Germany? A few days ago, the platform at Hamburg's main train station was closed due to suspicions that two passengers arriving from Rwanda might be infected. But what exactly is this virus,

A lethal virus with no cure is feared to be spreading through Europe after railway passengers in Germany began to show symptoms. The Marburg virus kills up to 88% of people who contract the disease, causing victims to develop a haemorrhagic fever and even bleed from their eyes before their death.