A respiratory virus is spreading in China. Here's why it's ... - Yahoo News
1 day ago · Unlike COVID-19, HMPV has been around for decades, so we know how it spreads and how to treat it. But China must still monitor the situation to keep it under control. Five years after COVID-19 began spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan, cases of human metapneumovirus , which also causes respiratory infections, have risen in the country ...
China's HMPV outbreak: Here's what to know | SBS News
1 day ago · Parts of China are experiencing outbreaks of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), an acute respiratory illness. While there is no vaccine, unlike COVID-19, HMPV is not completely new in humans. Experts ...
WHO continues to urge China to share data five years after COVID-19
WHO recalled that on 31 December 2019, its Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of “viral pneumonia” in the city. “In the weeks, months and years that unfolded after that, COVID-19 came to shape our lives and our world,” the UN agency said on Monday. Worldwide, there have been 777,074,803 confirmed ...
What is really behind the mystery new virus gripping China and …
12 hours ago · I t was just a few days after new year’s celebrations when news of a surge in the number of people infected with a ... unlike Covid-19, what is happening in China is not a new virus, it is human ...
Coronavirus China: Latest News and Updates | South China Morning Post
Nov 2, 2024 · Latest news and updates on the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on mainland China. The first cases of the virus, which causes the disease Covid-19 and has killed more than 3,000 in...
WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from …
Dec 31, 2024 · The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31 ...
China Covid: How many cases and deaths are there? - BBC
Jan 16, 2023 · China has experienced a surge in Covid infections and deaths across the country since a strict zero-Covid policy was lifted in December, but official data on the extent of the pandemic has been...
China faces a new Covid wave that could peak at 65 million ... - NBC News
May 26, 2023 · Now, with the latest omicron variant, XBB, fueling a resurgence in cases, the response from China’s government and the public is muted at best. The surge comes about six months after the country...
China Covid: Record number of cases as virus surges nationwide - BBC
Nov 24, 2022 · China has recorded its highest number of daily Covid cases since the pandemic began, despite stringent measures designed to eliminate the virus. Several major cities including the capital Beijing...
China Covid: Millions back in lockdown as Beijing doubles down on ... - BBC
Dozens of cities across China, including Wuhan where the coronavirus was first recorded, have gone into lockdown - as the country pursues leader Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy.