Bangladesh: No Nipah virus outbreaks reported so far this season

Outbreaks of the deadly Nipah virus has been recorded almost every year in selected districts of Bangladesh since 2001. Since the outbreak in Meherpur in April-May 2001, Bangladesh has seen 260 cases through 2015, including 197 deaths, for a case fatality of nearly 76 percent, according to accumulated data from the World Health Organization and the Bangladesh ["]