Is a New Virus Outbreak Emerging in China? The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is still fresh in global memory. Fear of another viral outbreak brings a shiver of déjà vu. Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). There is currently no evidence that the outbreak is out of the ordinary or that a new respiratory virus or illness has emerged in China. 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. An outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised alarm globally. Several countries, including India, are monitoring the virus and its spread closely. But should one worry about it ...
