People urged to remain alert against Nipah virus threat in border areas with India

. The deadly Nipah virus has been confirmed in some provinces of India and the infection is on the rise. The Health Office, Siraha, has written to the local levels urging them to stay alert.

Similarly, Public Health Administrator Krishna Dev Yadav has urged the people who have returned from visiting the places where the infection has spread to stay in quarantine for a certain period and to monitor as per the Community Based Disease Guideline 2082.TAG_OPEN_p_1 Indian authorities have declared the outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus under control, but the risk remains.