Airport thermometers, health questionnaires and masked officials are back in parts of Asia as a deadly bat-borne virus ...

Airports across Asia reintroduce Covid-style health checks after outbreak of deadly Nipah virus in India - Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan rush to detect and prevent spread of Nipah virus from travellers ...

On Sunday, Nepal reported 7,368 new cases with a slight decline in test positivity rate, which at 37% with 19,883 tests is still much higher than neighbouring India. Kathmandu Valley saw an additional ...

Airports in Asia have reinstated COVID-like health checks due to a Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal. With two confirmed cases, Thailand, Nepal, and Taiwan have enhanced screening for travellers.

Laxmi Maya Regmi, 72, a refugee from Bhutan, never thought that she would need a vaccination at her age. But on 19 March, she was among the first refugees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a settlement ...

Asian airports are enhancing health surveillance and travel screening to combat the deadly Nipah virus outbreak, mirroring measures used during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nepal’s government decided on Sunday to suspend all domestic flights from Tuesday morning and international flights from 5 May midnight, as daily Covid-19 cases rose to an all-time high. The Covid-19 ...

KATHMANDU, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Police in Nepal used tear gas and water cannon on Thursday to break up a religious rally that defied a government ban on public gatherings imposed to fight the ...