One of the two nurses at the private hospital in Barasat, who had tested positive for Nipah virus, was discharged on Friday, hospital officials said. Both the female and male nurse had tested positive for Nipah on January 11 and were admitted to Narayana Hospital Barasat, where they are employed. ADVERTISEMENT“Of the two Nipah patients admitted to our hospital, the male nurse has remained afebrile and hemodynamically stable for the past one week, without any oxygen requirement. He has also completed the prescribed antiviral course and is now clinically stable,” said an official of the hospital. However, the female nurse remains on ventilation by tracheostomy, with stable oxygen requirements.

Source: The Telegraph January 31, 2026 01:15 UTC