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

Fears of an outbreak of a lethal virus with no cure have risen through Europe after railway passengers in Germany began to show symptoms. The Marburg virus kills up to 88% of people who contract the disease,

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