{"id":7341,"date":"2026-02-19T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7341"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:56:33","slug":"who-says-fatal-case-of-nipah-virus-confirmed-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/19\/who-says-fatal-case-of-nipah-virus-confirmed-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO says fatal case of Nipah virus confirmed in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a woman in Bangladesh died after contracting the Nipah virus, with laboratory results verifying the infection following her hospital admission in late January. The patient, who had consumed raw date palm sap and had no recent travel history, developed fever and neurological symptoms, while 35 identified contacts have so far tested negative. The announcement follows recent cases in India\u2019s West Bengal state, prompting heightened regional vigilance, although WHO maintains that the overall risk of international spread remains low and does not recommend travel or trade restrictions. Health authorities have strengthened surveillance and prevention measures, as Nipah remains a rare but serious disease with a high fatality rate and no licensed vaccines or specific treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 7, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/7\/who-says-fatal-case-of-nipah-virus-confirmed-in-bangladesh\">aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a woman in Bangladesh died after contracting the Nipah virus, with laboratory results verifying the infection following her hospital admission in late January. The patient, who had consumed raw date palm sap and had no recent travel history, developed fever and neurological symptoms, while 35 identified contacts have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-pandemics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7469,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7341\/revisions\/7469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}