The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization (WHO) on respiratory diseases, when asked about the rising cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China.

China has released an update on the seasonal surge of respiratory viruses, including human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections.The World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed that such outbreaks are typical for winter months and should not cause undue alarm.

The World Health Organization has released a statement on the reported outbreak of human metapneumovirus in China and elsewhere.

As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the illness.

Following the identification of these cases, the Ministry urged states and union territories to increase monitoring for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI)

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The Chinese foreign ministry maintains that they have close communication with the World Health Organization (WHO) on respiratory diseases, when asked

However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring seasonal spikes in the winter, according to William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

A top Civil Affairs Ministry official stressed new reforms must be rolled out over the next decade to be effective.

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization on respiratory diseases, when asked about cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China.

Even though lung and related cancer deaths decreased in the world's 10 most populous countries from 1990 to 2019, these positive statistics do not address trends in mortality linked to tobacco use, air pollution and asbestos exposure.