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

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

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,