The flu, and COVID-19 are to be anticipated. “After Christmas times when there was a lot of travel and people congregating inside,
We may anticipate a rise in respiratory infections generally, as we witnessed with COVID. This will include coronaviruses, flu, and probably HMPV as well,” he said.
The UK Health Security Agency used X this week to allay concerns about HMPV. “You may have seen news reports about cases of the human metapneumovirus.
Virus (HMPV) in China,” it said. We keep a close eye on this virus, and our data indicates that it is presently in the UK according to its typical seasonal pattern.
HMPV instances have somewhat increased, increasing by 4.15 percentage points between October and December of last year, according to the UKHSA’s most recent statistics.
