Trump administration on alert as deadly virus with no cure sparks Covid-era quarantines | 28 Jan 2026 | US health officials are “monitoring” the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in India that has put nearly 200 people under surveillance and triggered Covid-era travel restrictions over fears of a fresh pandemic. CDC officials told Daily Mail they were in “close contact” with authorities on the ground to assess the situation and “stand ready” to take further action. India’s health ministry revealed Wednesday that 196 people who came into contact with infected patients are now being monitored for the virus, which can spread from person-to-person and kills 40 to 75 percent of those it infects. [Do not comply.]