An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India is being closely monitored by Jersey's health authorities after a small number of cases.

Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are among the Asian locations that tightened airport screening checks this week to guard against such a spread after India confirmed infections.

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The physical condition of the female nurse infected with the Nipah virus has shown significant improvement, hospital sources said on Tuesday. The nurse has been taken off ventilator support and is now ...

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GENEVA: A World Health Organization official said on Friday (Jan 30) that the risk of the spread of the Nipah virus is low, saying that none of the over 190 contacts of the two people infected in Indi ...

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Authorities in the east Indian state of West Bengal have placed over 200 people into quarantine after confirming two cases of Nipah virus, both in healthcare workers. All the quarantined are close ...

Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Health Emergencies Programme official Anais Legand said none of the more than 190 people who had contact ...