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New Delhi: Only 3% of the people who are tested for Influenza-Like Illnesses (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses (SARI) are found infected with the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has triggered concerns five years after COVID-19 first emerged, former World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said. In …

India reports a total of seven cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in children, two each in Karnataka, Nagpur, and Tamil Nadu, and one in Ahmedabad on Monday. Amid a surge in a cocktail of respiratory illnesses in China, the sudden rise of the HMPV virus in India has raised …

Amid the surge in China, three cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in Bengaluru, India. An eight-month-old who is recovering in the hospital and a three-month-old who has been discharged were the first reported cases of HMPV in India. Later, a two-month-old also tested positive in Ahmedabad. Currently, China …

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed two Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in Karnataka, identified through routine surveillance for respiratory viral pathogens. The HMPV has been in the news for some weeks as photos and videos of people wearing masks in hospitals in China emerged on social media …