Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in northern China are on a decline, a health official said on Sunday easing international concerns over a potential pandemic. “The human metapneumovirus is not ...

Kan Biao, an official with China’s CDC, said at a press conference on 27 December that cases of HMPV among people under the age of 14 were showing an upward trend, especially in northern provinces.

and the rate of positive cases among patients aged 14 and below has started to decline," she said. Concerns surfaced in recent days over a surge in HMPV infections in northern China after images ...

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.