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International Business Times UK
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Ria Pathak

HMPV Outbreak In India Feared As Health Ministry Urges Caution - Where Has The Virus Spread?

India has reported at least nine cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in the first week of January, prompting the Union Health Ministry to advise state governments to intensify surveillance for respiratory illnesses.

An 8-year-old boy from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district is the latest to contract the virus, officials said on Friday. While on Thursday, an 80-year-old man also tested HMPV positive in the state's Ahmedabad city.

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