US EditionDeadly Nipah Virus Deemed ‘Limited’ by Scientists
- On Feb 12, a 25-year-old nurse died at a private hospital in North 24 Parganas, after prolonged CCU care and ventilator support, due to cardiac arrest, according to health officials.
- She was one of two nursing staff infected at the Barasat facility, with the male nurse discharged in January; Nipah virus spreads via bats or human contact in hospitals.
- The woman, admitted with another infected colleague, briefly tested negative but worsened and required extended CCU care and ventilator support, with symptoms emerging 4–21 days after exposure.
- West Bengal authorities urged continued vigilance as regional screening increased after infections last month; WHO said the risk of wider spread was low.
- India regularly reports sporadic Nipah infections, with Kerala cited as a high-risk region, while a January death in Bangladesh highlights regional monitoring amid Nipah's 40-75 per cent fatality rate.
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The Center for Coordination of Alerts and Emergencies states that "the probability of detecting an indigenous case in Spain is remote" but asks that some precautions be takenWhat is the Nipah virus?: Keys to understand the disease that is on alert to India The Center for Coordination of Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), under the Ministry of Health and directed by Fernando Simón, has prepared a report on the risks of the Nipa virus reaching Spain.
Nipah virus has a 75% fatality rate, and there is no vaccine. An Indian medical worker has died a month after testing positive. A woman in her 20s in India has died a month after testing positive for Nipah virus. Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease with a fatality rate of up to 75%, but there is no effective treatment. (Local) 13th
First Nipah Virus Death Reported In Bengal, But No New Cases Emerge
West Bengal on Thursday reported its first case of a Nipah virus-related death, after a nurse, who was affected by it and was admitted at the critical care unit of a hospital at Barasat in North 24...
Nurse infected with Nipah virus dies
An Indian health worker who contracted the deadly Nipah virus in December has died, a senior health official from the eastern state of West Bengal said on Thursday. The woman — a nurse — was one of two people in the state who were infected and was being treated at a local hospital, Reuters reported last month. "The woman ... who was critical, died due to cardiac arrest," Health Secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam told Reuters. Commonly spread to hum…
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