Overview
- Two healthcare workers in North 24 Parganas tested positive in January, with one discharged and the other taken off ventilator support and kept under observation after later testing negative.
- The World Health Organization said there is no evidence of increased human‑to‑human transmission and it does not recommend travel or trade restrictions.
- Authorities identified and monitored roughly 190–196 contacts of the patients, and all reported tests have been negative.
- Airport health checks were introduced by authorities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines as a precaution.
- WHO Director‑General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said cases linked to this event are confined to India, marking West Bengal’s third recorded Nipah occurrence since 1998.