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- The World Health Organization confirmed a low regional and global Nipah risk after three recent cases in India and Bangladesh.
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported two Nipah cases in West Bengal, India, and one death in Bangladesh.
- Nipah has no vaccine and a fatality rate between 40% and 75%.
- The virus spreads from animals to humans and can cause fever and seizures.
