(Bloomberg) – German police cordoned off part of a train station in Hamburg and isolated two people to reduce the risk of the deadly Marburg virus spreading.
A medical student who was traveling to Hamburg from Rwanda reported that he might have contracted a tropical disease, according to the local government. The person had been working at a hospital in the African country that had also treated people with Marburg. Upon arrival on Wednesday, the student and a companion were isolated and transported for more testing.
For those wondering, the Marburg virus has similar symptoms as Ebola.
Neat. Did anyone have “Ebola’s cousin reaching the middle of Europe” on their card of Apocalypse Bingo?
Madagascar has closed its ports
Lmao is this plague inc?
Yes, the board game version.
What’s missing in the above article is that the Marburg virus is transmitted through direct close contact with skin or mucous membranes or through contact with body fluids, not via aerosols like Covid 19. The student only had mild influenza like symptoms and no feaver yet. Thus, the other passengers have been informed, but supposedly are not in danger and don’t need to quarantine.
All the best for the poor guy and his girlfriend.The hit game daikatana tried to warn us the Marburg virus would doom us all!
I was hoping for nonvenereal endemic syphilis.
