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Should we fear HMPV, the virus spreading in China?

The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated that it is "monitoring the circulation of HMPV by conducting tests on patients suffering from respiratory infections."

Should we fear HMPV, the virus spreading in China?

Pedestrians walk past a mural raising awareness about mask usage in Bengaluru, India, on Jan. 6, 2025. (Credit: Idrees Mohammad/AFP)

Five years after the emergence of COVID-19 concerns about the spread of a new virus are rising following the surge of infections in China due to the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Breathless patients, hospitals overflowing with people ... the widely...
Five years after the emergence of COVID-19 concerns about the spread of a new virus are rising following the surge of infections in China due to the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Breathless patients, hospitals overflowing with people ... the widely...