Recent reports of an outbreak of the nipah virus have led to questions about the virus and its potential to spread.

There are no approved drugs or vaccines for the Nipah virus infection; a range of candidate products is under different stages of development, according to WHO ...

According to the WHO, the cases are confined to North 24 Parganas district, with no travel reported while the patients were symptomatic. Surveillance, infection prevention and control measures have ...

Airports in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore have ramped up health screening measures amid rising Nipah virus (NiV) cases in January 2026.

The agency added that it did not recommend travel or trade curbs after two infections of the deadly virus were reported by the South Asian nation.

Several airports in India have brought back Covid-era health restrictions amid an outbreak of a potentially lethal virus. Other airports have started to screen passengers coming from India in an attem ...

The risk of transmission of Nipah virus remains low, and there is no need for any travel or trade restrictions, said the World Health Organisation, noting that it is closely monitoring the deadly ...

[HYDERABAD] There is a low risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Jan 30), adding that it did not recommend travel or trade curbs ...

Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are among the countries that tightened airport screening checks this week to guard against Nipah virus.| India News ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has mentioned that it does not recommend any travel or trade restrictions in response to the Nipah virus cases reported in West Bengal. It also noted that risk ...