HMPV CHINA VIRUS OUTBREAK

(HMPV) -- a respiratory illness with flu-like symptoms, similar to COVID-19 -- in China has raised health concerns globally, with countries closely monitoring the situation.

Photos and videos of people wearing masks in hospitals in China emerged on social media platforms and local reports said the outbreak of HMPV

Metapneumovirus is like any other respiratory virus which causes the common cold, and in the very old and the very young it could cause flu-like symptoms

The World Health Organization (WHO) is yet to issue a statement on the outbreak of the virus in China and no state of emergency has been declared by the global health body or Beijing.

According to the US Centre for Disease Control, HMPV is a respiratory virus that causes upper and lower respiratory infections