European Railroad Discussion > BBC: Hamburg station virus scare on high-speed train

A station platform has been cordoned off at Hamburg central station in northern Germany amid fears that a train passenger may have arrived carrying a dangerous virus.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.

[...]A team of police and firefighters went to the station and the man and his girlfriend were then taken to a specialist clinic. Platform four was closed for a period before it was allowed to reopen.The East African country is currently battling an outbreak of the Marburg virus, Eight people are known to have been died so far in the outbreak.[...]
Hamburg station virus scare on high-speed train (bbc.com)

Marburg virus is a particularly nasty one and very highly contagious. Hence the precautions.