Due to a dramatic increase in instances of the previous “mystery” virus that originated in China during the last week, the UK is on high alert.
When instances of what turned out to be the HMPV virus began to increase in northern Chinese regions earlier this month, China imposed emergency measures.
Social media postings showed an excess of children in hospitals with Covid-like symptoms, suggesting that children were the intended target of this deadly sickness.
Photos and videos of patients wearing masks in hospitals were posted on social media from the mainland. According to local accounts, these events strikingly resemble the beginning of the Covid back in late 2019.
According to the most recent report from the UK Health Security Agency, human metapneumovirus incidences are once again increasing. “Human metapneumovirus (hMPV).