Overview
- A 25-year-old nurse in Barasat died of cardiac arrest after weeks in critical care; she had recently tested negative for Nipah, while a male nurse infected in the same cluster recovered and was discharged.
- Two infections were confirmed on January 11 among staff at a private hospital in West Bengal, and authorities report no additional cases or active infections in the state.
- India’s Union Health Ministry says 196 contacts linked to the two cases were identified, monitored and tested, with all results negative for Nipah.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Feb. 11 that the regional and global risk from these recent events is low and noted the India and Bangladesh outbreaks are not linked.
- A separate patient died in Bangladesh last week, and public-health measures remain in force, with enhanced surveillance, testing, contact tracing and some traveller screening; Nipah has no approved vaccine and high fatality rates.