Thankfully, The Two German Health Workers Who Traveled By Plane, From Rwanda -- And Then By Train -- From Frankfort To Hamburg Test Negative For Marburg...

We do not wish to appear alarmist, but by the time one feels symptoms from Marburg's, Ebola or Mpox, even -- it is too late. You've been contagious for between 24 and 56 hours. So it is probably time for even asymptomatic health workers to voluntarily take a PCR test, before travelling into countries outside of continental Africa, given that multiple viral outbreaks are now afoot.

Of course, this effort must rely on voluntary responsibilities. And the very good news is that even though one of these travellers was experiencing flu-like symptoms, the Marburg possibility has been ruled out. Even so, the pair has agreed to a short observational isolation protocol, just to be certain. That is the ethical and responsible thing to do, given how contagious these strains are. Here's the latest from the UK Independent reporting overnight:

. . .Two passengers with suspected cases of Marburg virus in Germany have tested negative for the highly contagious disease. The travellers -- returning from Rwanda to Hamburg via Frankfurt -- were taken for examination at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) on Wednesday (2 October). . . .

Platforms at Hamburg Central Station were closed yesterday after one of the passengers contacted doctors while on the ICE train to Hamburg, concerned they had contracted a tropical disease in Rwanda.

Hamburg’s Social Affairs Authority confirmed that the pair had worked in a hospital in Rwanda as part of their medical studies and tested negative for Marburg virus in a PCR test.

According to the authority, at no time did either passenger have “complaints or symptoms corresponding to the disease” after one of the medical students, 26, had minimal contact with a patient infected with Marburg on 25 September. . . .

Rwanda is currently experiencing an outbreak of Marburg virus with 36 cases, 25 people in isolation and 11 deaths confirmed as of Wednesday in the landlocked African country. . . .

Now you know, and be excellent to one another -- as there is no approved vaccine as of this afternoon for Marburg. Onward.

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