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Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in northern China. Infectious disease experts say risk to the U.S. is low.
In November 2023, China's health authorities reported an outbreak of respiratory illnesses in several parts of northern China. [1] As hospitals became overwhelmed in Beijing and Liaoning, [2] the World Health Organization (WHO) requested detailed information from China regarding the surges in respiratory health, while advising the community to take important precautions. [3]
A Facebook post claims a new virus is spreading in China. It appears to show a photo of a news broadcast with the text “Reports: China has been battling human metapneumovirus or HMPV” along ...
H5-2.3.4.4b can be prevented by vaccination in chickens. In China, The H5-Re14 (2.3.4.4b) strain used in updated vaccines since 2022 is a reasonably good match for the new virus. [11] In 2024, Penn Medicine announced it had created a human avian flu vaccine on the same platform as its COVID-19 vaccine.
The lockdown, combined with other public health measures in early 2020, succeeded in suppressing virus transmission and averted a more widespread outbreak in China. [9] [10] Subsequent lockdowns were introduced in other regions of China in response to localised outbreaks during the two years following. The largest of these was Shanghai in early ...
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By August 2021, China had donated 700 million vaccine doses abroad, an amount more than all other countries had combined. [18]: 199 In 2022, infection rates increased, and on 3 April 2022, China reported 13,146 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which was the highest single-day total of new cases since the height of the 2020 outbreak.
A possibly ongoing outbreak of Langya henipavirus (LayV) was reported in China in August 2022, with 35 identified cases spanning from 2018 to August 2022. [1] [2] The index case was a 53-year-old female farmer who had been in contact with shrews and presented with a fever, headache, cough and nausea in Qingdao city. [1]