Overview
- Preliminary detections at the VRDL, ICMR, AIIMS Kalyani on Jan. 11 identified two suspected cases, with laboratory confirmation pending.
- Two nurses at a private hospital in Barasat are in isolation on ventilator support with Nipah-like symptoms, and their samples were tested at AIIMS Kalyani.
- The Centre deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team including experts from NIV Pune, NIE Chennai, AIIMS Kalyani, public health institutes and the wildlife department.
- NCDC’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre in Delhi is coordinating guidance as the state intensifies surveillance and contact tracing, with public helplines opened at 033-2333-0180 and 98747-08858.
- Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda wrote to and spoke with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to assure full support, while officials noted one suspect’s recent travel to Ghugragachi near the India–Bangladesh border.