SINGAPORE, Feb. 3 -- Singapore has tightened screening for newly arrived migrant workers from India's West Bengal state after two Nipah virus cases were confirmed there, though authorities say no infections have been detected locally.

In a statement to Singapore-based media organisation CNA today, the country's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said travellers from West Bengal must undergo daily temperature checks while staying at the onboard centre, followed by 14 days of self-monitoring after arrival.

The stepped-up protocol follows the Communicable Diseases Agency outlining its initial response to the outbreak in India, where two cases have been reported since December.

Singapore receives only "a relatively small number" of workers from th...