The WHO said there was no evidence of increased human-to-human transmission so far, adding that India had the capacity to contain such outbreaks. It was coordinating closely with Indian health authorities, the agency added. “ The WHO considers that the risk of further spread of infection from these two cases is low,” the agency told Reuters.

Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal, as several Asian countries tightened health screenings and airport sur...

Indonesia and Thailand increased screening at major airports, with health declarations, temperature checks and visual monitoring for arriving passengers.