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.

Parts of Hamburg’s main train station were cordoned off on Wednesday afternoon over two train passengers suspected of carrying the highly lethal Marburg virus.

Two people have been hospitalized with the suspected Marburg virus in Hamburg after at least one returned from treating patients with infectious diseases abroad, German authorities said on Wednesday.

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.

A fire department spokesman told the Bild tabloid that the man and his girlfriend had developed flu-like symptoms on a high-speed train from Frankfurt. The spokesman said they had come from abroad where they had been treating a man who went on to develop an infectious disease,

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.