New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Nipah scare recently sounded an alarm across the world with several airports reinstating COVID-like health checks. Following the Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal, World Health Organisation (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against the "serious disease."

According to the global health body head, Nipah cases were limited to India and were not reported by any other country. Taking to X, Tedros Adhanom on Saturday stated, "The two case of Nipah virus infection reported by India in West Bengal are the third in this state since the virus was first identified in 1998. No cases have been reported in any other country linked to this outbreak."

Calling it a rare disease, he added, "Indian authorities...