HMPV, also known as Human Metapneumovirus, is a virus that causes symptoms similar to cold. Cases of HMPV have been detected in India. The most common symptoms of HMPV includes cough, fever, nasal congestion,

With another case of the Human Metapneumovirus or hMPV reported in Mumbai, the total tally is now eight cases in India`. The cases have been reported in Nagpur, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Salem.

Two children, aged seven and 13, tested positive for HMPV virus at a private hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra in India.

According to ICMR, HMPV accounts for about 3% of the respiratory pathogens detected in laboratories testing for Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), notes Vanita Srivastava.

A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence of a new virus spreading in the country with some posts claiming it prompted China to declare a state of emergency.

During a conference in Brussels on Wednesday, European Commission spokesperson Eva Hrnčířová addressed media reports concerning the situation in China. She highlighted the rise in metapneumovirus infections in the region but emphasized that,