Overview
- WHO says India notified the two infections on January 26 and currently assesses the national risk of wider spread as low.
- About 190 contacts are under monitoring with no additional cases detected so far, according to the agency.
- One patient remains in serious condition and both confirmed infections were recorded in West Bengal.
- Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Malaysia have increased airport screening, including temperature checks, as a precaution.
- Nipah’s fatality rate is estimated at 40–75% with no approved vaccine or specific antiviral, and local reports say both patients are healthcare workers, raising concern about possible hospital transmission.