A World Health Organisation official said on Jan 30 that the risk of the spread of the Nipah virus is low, saying that none ...

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, ...

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

A World Health Organization official said on Friday that the risk of the spread of the Nipah virus is low, saying that none ...

Indian authorities have declared a recent outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus contained, as several Asian countries step up ...

The WHO said there was no evidence of increased human-to-human transmission so far, adding that India had the capacity to ...

Recent cases have largely been detected in southern Kerala state. A major outbreak in 2018 killed at least 17 people there.

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...

Nipah outbreaks have occurred almost annually in Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and India. Cases have also been reported in ...

Authorities in Pakistan have enhanced border screenings to prevent the spread of the Nipah virus following confirmed cases in ...

Authorities in Pakistan have ordered enhanced screening of people entering the country for signs of infections of the deadly Nipah virus after India confirmed two cases, adding to the number of Asian ...