Overview
- India’s health ministry says only two Nipah cases are laboratory confirmed in West Bengal after earlier reports suggested higher counts.
- Both confirmed infections are linked to a private hospital near Kolkata and involve healthcare workers, with extensive contact tracing under way.
- Authorities report 196 contacts quarantined in connection with the confirmed cases, with surveillance and testing continuing.
- Thailand is screening arrivals from West Bengal at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and Phuket airports, while Nepal has begun checks at Kathmandu airport and key land borders; no cases have been detected outside India.
- Taiwan plans to classify Nipah as a Category 5 notifiable disease after a 60‑day comment period, enabling immediate reporting and special control measures if enacted.