Amid growing concern about Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in the country, Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava reviewed the present situation of respiratory illnesses in the country and the status of public health measures for its management,

Detection of five positive cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in India raised alarms among Indians of another Covid-19-like outbreak as China is dealing with another respiratory virus, exactly five years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.