US EditionNipah virus: Singapore requires daily temperature checks for new migrant workers who travelled to West Bengal
- This past week, MOM advised primary care clinics and anchor operators to increase vigilance for migrant workers who recently traveled to West Bengal, implementing enhanced screening protocols.
- Because Nipah cases in West Bengal, India, with high mortality and no licensed vaccine, prompted health authorities to increase surveillance this past week.
- St Andrew's said clinicians ask about recent travel to Bangladesh or West Bengal and exposure history, and St Andrew's Mission Hospital uses workflows to isolate and refer suspected cases among over 100,000 migrant workers.
- WHO reports no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission beyond close contact, and Indian health authorities tested more than 190 close contacts with all negative results.
- Treatment remains limited to supportive care, and WHO emphasises early detection and coordinated public-health action, as Nipah is on the WHO Research and Development Blueprint due to its epidemic potential and high mortality.
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Nipah outbreak in India: why is the world afraid?
India announced two confirmed cases of Nipah virus in mid-January 2026 and that started a global concern. Multiple Asian countries have now started border and airport screenings. China, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore and Malaysia are among the growing list of countries which are strengthening their border control measures and screenings. However, it's still surprising that a disease which may be very deadly in nature bu…
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Nipah Virus and the New Public Health Order
Nipah Virus and the New Public Health Order by David Bell at Brownstone Institute A large outbreak of hysteria occurred in the media over the past week, regarding a small Nipah virus outbreak in eastern India. ‘Hysteria’ is the correct word in terms of proportionality. It is not, unfortunately, the right word in terms of intent. Ten years ago this episode of Nipah virus disease would barely have rated a mention internationally, and certainly not…
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