HMPV currently not a public health emergency of international concern: Nangombe

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2025-01-09
WINDHOEK, 08 February 2024 - Health and Social Services Executive Director Ben Nangombe (Photo by Andreas Thomas) NAMPA WINDHOEK, 08 February 2024 - Health and Social Services Executive Director Ben Nangombe (Photo by Andreas Thomas) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 09 JAN (NAMPA) – The increase in cases of respiratory infections in China due to the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) currently does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has said.
The ministry in a statement on Wednesday said Namibia is monitoring the outbreak and explained that HMPV is a common respiratory virus that circulates in many countries, across winter and spr...
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