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 …
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HMPV virus in India: Infants detected with virus had no travel history; know why kids are more vulnerable
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 …
Read More »Amid HMPV Worry, #Lockdown Trends; Government Says No Need To Panic
New Delhi: Three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in India – two in Bengaluru and one in Ahmedabad. The cases were detected in babies and one of them has been discharged from the hospital. The Centre, as well as India’s top medical body, the Indian Council for …
Read More »Human Metapneumovirus In India: Can HMPV Be As Fatal As COVID-19? Check Symptoms, Prevention And More
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 …
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