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Officials Report Outbreak of Deadly Nipah Virus, Which Has No Cure

Nipah virus, carried by fruit bats and capable of infecting pigs and humans, is a serious zoonotic virus with no known treatment or vaccine.
Nipah virus has a high mortality rate, estimated between 40-75% of cases resulting in death according to WHO.
Outbreaks of Nipah virus have been reported in Malaysia, Bangladesh, India and the Philippines, though the range of fruit bats spreading it is wider.

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Deadly Virus Outbreak in Asia

Several Asian countries are tightening controls at airports after five cases of the deadly Nipah virus have been confirmed in India.

8 hours ago·Denmark

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COVID-era monitoring reinstated in after outbreak of deadly virus

Asian countries like Thailand and Taiwan have started screen checks and warnings to travel to India, where the incurable outbreak is happening.

9 hours ago

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Airports introduce Covid-like measures to combat fatal bat virus with 75% mortality rate

There has been an outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in eastern India.

9 hours ago·Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Outbreak of deadly virus with no cure prompts airports to launch COVID-style measures

Confirmed cases of Nipah virus has sparked airports in Asia to clamp down on health surveillance and screenings that's so far seen 100 people quarantined

10 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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"Very Aggressive, Among the Most Formidable": Should We Worry About the Nipah Virus that Resurfaced in India?

Several cases have been reported in health care workers in India. This virus, discovered in 1999, is, for the time being, only little transmissible, but the fear of a mutation exists.

11 hours ago

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