The World Health Organization said that metapneumovirus (HMPV) which caused illness in China, not with a new virus, which appeared over 20 years ago. The Danish virus, with its “renewed” name, circulates in the winter-spring period.
As RBC-Ukraine reports, this was stated by WHO spokeswoman Margaret Garris at a briefing.
According to the words of the WHO representative, Reports in China that illness from respiratory infections “are within the normal range.”
“Those are the ones we would expect to pay a lot of money,” said Harris.
Commenting on the concern in various countries about HMPV, which caused the collapse of the medical system in China, the WHO report noted that the cost of medical treatment in China is lower than in a similar period last year, and in The country was not aware of the emergency situations or there was no response to the emergency situations associated with these respiratory infections.
“Similar to the metapneumovirus of humans, it is not new virus. discovered in 2001. It has been present in the human population for the last three hours. “This is the primary virus that circulates throughout the winter,” said Harris.
The WHO representative added that such a virus “causes respiratory symptoms similar to a severe cold.”
“Human metapneumovirus #hMPV is NOT a new virus. First identified in 2001, it has been in the human population for a long time. It is a common virus that circulates in winter and spring. It usually causes respiratory symptoms similar to the common cold ” – @who pic.twitter.com/zojxwNLgH8
— United Nations Geneva (@UNGeneva) January 7, 2025 How the virus is spreading and how to protect yourself
Talking about the possibility of HMPV is spreading among people at the WHO, they expressed confidence that you can become infected with metapneumovirus in a similar way as with other respiratory viruses: after drops of an hour, coughing and coughing through a pillbox, for example, hand-touched or touched to the rough surfaces.
According to Harris’s words, “just come in” can help you get around the wider area. If you have symptoms of varto, you can lose zokrem at home and isolate yourself, you can wear masks, cover the ventilation of the area “as much as possible,” and also cover it with a serving dish for coughing and chhanni.
Who is in the zone of special riziku
A representative of the WHO said that some people may be at risk of serious illness due to HMPV infections.
“In some cases, such as an emergency virus, colds can cause more “Serious illnesses occur in people who do not harm the immune system or harm the even weak immune system,” she said.
In addition, small children, newborns, and summer people can be seen in the group.
Guess what, 6 Today it became known that 13 episodes of metapneumovirus infection were recorded in Ukraine.
RBC-Ukraine is the head of the Department of Epidemiology of the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Galitsky and the head expert from the biosafety department of the RNBO, Natalya Vinograd, discovered that recognizing metapneumovirus is very difficult. The epidemiologist noted that during this pandemic, such as COVID-19, it is not possible to catch up.
For more details about what we know about the metapneumovirus, which is already spreading in the world, read in our section materials.
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