HMPV virus cases in India: With India reporting five cases of human metapneumovirus and an outbreak in China, #Lockdown began trending on social media. Many users drew parallels to the 2019-2020 period when early Covid-19 cases emerged in China, ultimately leading to a global pandemic that disrupted economies worldwide and killed lakhs. Addressing the HMPV scare in India, Union Health …
CNN — The past winter was a heavy one for respiratory viruses, dominated by surges of RSV, influenza and Covid-19. Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, spiked this spring, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s respiratory virus surveillance systems. “I’ve never heard of it.” Human metapneumovirus was discovered by Dutch virus hunters in 2001. “Those are the …
