China is dealing with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), five years after the Covid-19 pandemic. Reports and social media posts suggest that the virus is spreading rapidly, with... News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, but officials are yet to confirm this. Five years after Covid-19, China is grappling with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). The HMPV is an RNA virus that belongs to the Pneumoviridae, Metapneumovirus genus. Beijing has experienced a surge in flu-like HMPV cases, especially among children, which it attributed to a seasonal spike. A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China...
