Nipah virus is a zoonotic infection, meaning it can leap from animals to people (Picture: Shutterstock/Kateryna Kon)The Nipah virus lives in fruit bats across South and Southeast Asia. ‘At this time, there is no evidence of increased human-to-human transmission.’Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan are now monitoring passengers for Nipah virus symptoms. Could Nipah virus lead to a global lockdown in future? Jones said that the Nipah virus is very different from the coronavirus, which is spread by the viral droplets sneezed and coughed by patients. ‘But it is not a pandemic threat.’What is the UK’s current guidance around Nipah virus?