News outlets and social media posts have commented on the outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, suggesting that the little-known virus could cause a pandemic similar to COVID-19.

Others comment, “Increasing cases of HMPV Metapneumovirus Infections among humans have been reported in China” and, opens new tab, “China declares a state of emergency as a surge of multiple ...

No, there’s been a surge of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). In fact, in mid-March, at the height of the surge, over 19% of all respiratory secretion specimens polymerase chain reaction (PCR ...

India TV Fact Check: A video clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral on social media with claims that he has announced a lockdown after HMPV cases were reported in India. However ...

China has recently seen an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which is ... a news channel headquartered in India. Check Your Fact reached out to spokespeople for the WHO, CDC and WION ...

In a post that went viral on X (formerly Twitter), user "SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)" claimed that China had declared a state of emergency as an epidemic of flu-like viruses, including HMPV, had ...