“China reports decline in HMPV infection: what is known Chinese officials report a decline in the incidence of metapneumovirus in northern provinces. WHO has not received reports of unusual outbreaks, and experts emphasize that the virus has been around for decades.”, — write on: unn.ua
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“Currently, the number of positive cases during the detection of human metapneumovirus is fluctuating, the number of positive cases is decreasing in the northern provinces, and the number of positive cases among patients aged 14 years and younger has started to decrease,” said the researcher Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Wang Liping.
He pointed out that metapneumovirus is not a new virus, it has existed among people for several decades. According to him, the increase in recent years in the number of cases of this virus, first detected in the Netherlands in 2001, is connected with the improvement of detection methods.
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In recent days, there has been concern about a surge in HMPV infections in northern China after images of hospitals overflowing with masked patients went viral online. The World Health Organization said it had not received reports of unusual outbreaks in China or other countries.
HMPV causes flu-like or cold-like symptoms, including fever, cough, and nasal congestion. Symptoms often go away on their own, but it can cause lower respiratory tract infections in children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems.
Experts say HMPV differs from COVID-19 in that it has been around for decades and has some built-in immunity to it. Most children are infected with this virus before the age of five.
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