Nipah Virus Infection - India was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Wednesday, 6 August 2025 at 11:33 UTC. The event is classified as a epidemic incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the World Health Organization (WHO).
Between 17 May and 12 July 2025, the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala informed through a series of official press releases about four confirmed cases, including two deaths, due to Nipah virus (NiV) infection in two districts of Kerala State. NiV infection is a bat-borne disease transmitted to humans through infected animals (such as bats or pigs), contaminated food or, less commonly, through close contact with infected individuals. Since 1998 NiV outbreaks have been reported in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. In India, NiV infections have occurred multiple times since 2001 with outbreaks in West Bengal State in 2001 and 2007, and in Kerala State regularly since 2018. Since 2018, Kerala has reported a total of nine NiV outbreaks. While the state has a strong healthcare system and improved infection control measures since 202
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· received · event time 6 Aug 2025, 11:33 UTCFirst report Humanitarian agency report
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Conditions at the time
11.6 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 29°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.