US EditionDeadly Nipah Virus Deemed 'Limited' by Scientists
WHO assessed the risk of Nipah virus spread as low despite three recent cases in India and Bangladesh; fatality rate ranges from 40% to 75%, with no vaccine available.
- On Feb 11, the World Health Organization assessed the risk of Nipah spread as low after three recent cases in India and Bangladesh.
- Two cases in January in West Bengal and a recent death in Bangladesh show separate outbreaks along the India–Bangladesh border sharing ecological conditions and fruit bats as the natural reservoir.
- Historical outbreaks highlight that Nipah virus causes severe fever, vomiting, seizures, brain inflammation, and has no vaccine, with at least 17 deaths in Kerala in 2018 and 2023.
- The WHO briefed reporters in Geneva on Feb 11, stating that the recent cases had made headlines and caused concern, but assessed the risk of wider spread as low.
- Historically, Nipah emerged in 1998 when it spread among pig farmers in Malaysia, and India saw its first outbreak in West Bengal in 2001, showing occasional localized spillovers.
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Risk of Nipah virus spread low after cases in India, Bangladesh: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading was low after three cases of infection were recently confirmed in India and Bangladesh. Nipah, which spreads from animals to humans, has no vaccine and a fatality rate ranging from 40 to 75 per cent, according to the UN health body. "In the past few weeks, three cases of Nipah -- two in India and one in Bangladesh -- made headlines and caused concern about …
The risk of the spread of the Nipah virus is low at both the regional and global levels, said WHO on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. This announcement is intended to be reassuring while three cases of infections in India and Bangladesh have raised the fear of a possible new epidemic.
The risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading is low, both regionally and globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced, after three cases of the virus were recorded… Nipah virus: The risk of spread is low, says WHO – The symptoms - NAVTEMPORIKI
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has pointed out that the risk of spreading the Nipah virus at the regional and global levels is low, following more than 230 contacts from cases in India and Bangladesh.
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