Health workers monitor images of passengers at a temperature-screening station set up at Suvarnabhumi Airport in late January in response to reports of Nipah virus cases in India. (Photo: Department of Disease Control)The World Health Organization said ‌on Friday that a woman ​had died in northern Bangladesh in January after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection. The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified ‌in neighbouring India, which has already prompted stepped-up airport screenings across Asia. The patient in Bangladesh, aged between 40 and 50 years, developed symptoms consistent ‌with Nipah virus on Jan 21, including fever and headache followed by hypersalivation, disorientation and convulsion, the WHO added. In 2025, four laboratory-confirmed fatal cases were reported in Bangladesh.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2026 06:35 UTC