Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are among the Asian locations that tightened airport screening checks this week to guard against such a spread after India confirmed infections.

The World Health Organization in a recent assessment has downplayed the risk of global Nipah virus spread beyond India. Given the low risks, the global health body does not recommend any travel ...

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.

Because the bat-borne pathogen currently has no cure, the likes of India, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have taken measures to help screen for the virus. With a mortality rate of 40 to 75 ...

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 ...

[HYDERABAD] There is a low risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Jan 30), adding that it did not recommend travel or trade curbs ...

The WHO has backed India's handling of the Nipah virus outbreak after two cases were confirmed in West Bengal, saying the ...

On this India Today special report, Sneha Mordani provides the latest updates on the Nipah virus situation in India following ...

WHO stated that India has the capacity to contain such outbreaks after two cases of the deadly Nipah virus were reported.

West Bengal is on high alert after two confirmed Nipah cases triggered international screenings. Know why this deadly virus ...

There is a low risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, the World Health Organization said on Friday, adding that ...

Indian authorities confirm containment of the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal, easing global fears but leaving ...