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Ebola research in a high-security laboratory

November 10, 2014

At the University of Marburg Institute of Virology, researchers are studying how to stop the spread of the Ebola virus in Africa. They're also developing protocols for preventing infection in health care workers.

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Officials say that the chance of infection in a country like Germany is next to nil. But the news that several health care workers in the US and Spain contracted the virus has lead to a wave of public unease. What security protocols are in place in high-tech laboratories to prevent infection? And what does this mean for efforts to control the epidemic in Africa? Tomorrow Today pays a visit to a high-security virology laboratory in Marburg, Germany to find out more.