https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/nipah-virus-symptoms-west-bengal-india-b2906412.html
India is containing a Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal with five confirmed cases, including healthcare workers, and about 100 people quarantined. Nipah is a WHO-classified high-risk virus with no vaccine or cure and a 40–75% fatality rate. It causes severe respiratory illness and brain inflammation (encephalitis) and spreads via fruit bats, contaminated food, and human-to-human contact. Prevention relies on avoiding contaminated food and strict hygiene.
If this were perceived as a “new COVID,” global markets would likely shift to risk-off mode. A narrative of the U.S. leaving or distancing itself from the WHO would weaken confidence in a coordinated global response, increasing volatility. Global equities especially travel, airlines, energy and retail would likely fall, while healthcare, biotech, diagnostics, PPE and remote-work tech could rise. Safe havens like gold, U.S. Treasuries and the U.S. dollar would gain, while oil and emerging-market assets would drop on growth fears.