Health experts warn Nipah virus has “serious epidemic potential“

Global health and infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm over the deadly Nipah virus, saying that it carries “serious epidemic potential“. The virus is primarily carried by certain types of fruit bats. Co-chair of the Nipah conference, Professor Wang Linfa from Duke-NUS Medical School, and Frederik Kristensen, Deputy CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, were in the studio to tell us more. Subscribe to our channel here: Subscribe to our news service on Telegram: