Nipah Virus Outbreak Australia

1 day agoaustralian authorities are monitoring “very closely” the spread of the potentially deadly nipah virus after an outbreak prompted countries across asia to bring back covid-era airport screening.. 15 hours agofederal health minister mark butler has warned the nipah virus is “very rare, but very deadly”, as he revealed australia is not currently looking to change entry protocols at the border. 10 hours agoaustralia's health minister said on friday that the government is closely monitoring the outbreak of the nipah virus in asia.

Health minister mark butler says australia is monitoring an outbreak of the deadly nipah virus in india “very, very closely” after the country’s neighbours ramped up their border protections . 1 day agothe virus is deadly, much more so than covid-19, and with that pandemic still too fresh in people’s memories, the latest outbreak has many wondering if they should be worried about nipah. 12 hours agocanberra, jan 30 australia's health minister said on friday that the government is closely monitoring the outbreak of the nipah virus in asia.

14 hours agohealth minister mark butler says the government is monitoring the outbreak of the highly deadly nipah virus “very closely” after two cases were detected in the indian state of west bengal. 15 hours agonipah virus infections reported overseas we are monitoring the situation overseas following 2 confirmed cases of nipah virus infection reported in india. Australia is currently free of nipah virus, however, an incursion of this virus would have serious consequences for both animal and human health.

12 hours agoaustralian health minister mark butler says the government is closely monitoring the nipah virus outbreak in india and asia, citing its serious nature.