The World Health Organization (WHO) is in contact with Indian health authorities to assess the risks of Nipah virus transmission but currently considers the risk of further spread to be low, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jazarevic told RIA Novosti in Geneva.

“WHO has been coordinating with health authorities at both central and regional levels to assess risks and provide technical support since the reporting of the cases. Based on available information, WHO considers the risk of further transmission from these two cases to be low,” he said.

According to Jazarevic, India “has the capacity to contain such outbreaks.”