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

The World Health Organisation said there is a low risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India following the confirmation of two infections, and advised against imposing travel or trade ...

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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 ...

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including Thailand, ...

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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.

A World Health Organization official said on Friday 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 India had tested ...

Two confirmed cases of the deadly Nipah virus in West Bengal have triggered regional health screenings. Learn how the virus ...

Nipah is a zoonotic virus first identified during a 1990s outbreak in Malaysia. It spreads through fruit bats, pigs and human ...