A nine-month-old child in Gujarat's Ahmedabad tested postive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), taking the total number of cases in the state to four. All the four cases have been reported here in less than a week.

Ahmedabad: Gujarat has reported its fourth human metapneumovirus (HMPV) case, with a nine-month-old child contracting the infection in Ahmedabad, officials said on Saturday. All the cases have

Gujarat has reported its fourth human metapneumovirus (HMPV) case, with a nine-month-old child contracting the infection in Ahmedabad, officials said Saturday. All the cases have been reported in less than a week.

India's first case of HMPV was identified in Karnataka earlier this week. Since then, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Gujarat have also reported HMPV infections. While HMPV is not a new infection, the current outbreak has raised alarm bells due to a high number of cases in China.

Recently, an 80-year-old man in Ahmedabad tested positive for human metapneumovirus (hMPV), adding to the growing cases of hMPV in India. This has sparked confusion among the public, with many mistakenly thinking hMPV and Covid-19 are the same virus.

An 80-year-old man tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat on Thursday, officials said. The patient is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital and he does not have any travel history abroad,