AdvertisementPoliticsFederalIllness ‘We’re taking it seriously’: Australia monitoring India’s outbreak of deadly Nipah virus Brittany Busch and Kate Aubusson Updated January 30, 2026 — 10:46am ,first published January 30, 2026 — 9:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Loading “The Nipah virus is very rare, but it’s also very deadly,” Butler told Today. Colorised transmission electron micrograph of a mature extracellular Nipah Virus particle (purple) near the periphery of an infected VERO cell (brown). “There is no history of international spread of Nipah virus … and no increased risk to Australia,” Peel said. AdvertisementThere is no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for the Nipah virus.