{"id":25728,"date":"2025-01-09T11:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T05:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=25728"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T05:27:56","slug":"no-need-to-panic-about-hmpv-health-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=25728","title":{"rendered":"No need to panic about HMPV : Health Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0 The Ministry of Health and Population has said that the Human Metapneumo Virus (HMPV) spread in China is a common virus and there was no need to panic about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, the Ministry has said that its attention was drawn to the false information spread in different media outlets and social networking sites, urging all not to have trust on such rumours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It is common to have higher infection rate of respiratory illness in winter season. HMPV is not a new virus. This is just a virus causing cold and was observed in Nepal in the past too. Nepal has already prepared for the test, monitoring and recovery measures for this virus,&#8221; read the statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry has also stated that the risk of serious health issues from this virus was low and normally the virus is spread on the people having poor immunity, children and senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Likewise, the Ministry has said that monitoring and alertness have been intensified by the Ministry, Department of Health Services, hospitals and laboratories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211;\u00a0 The Ministry of Health and Population has said that the Human Metapneumo Virus (HMPV) spread in China is a common virus and there was no need to panic about it. 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