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Is new HMPV more dangerous than Covid-19?

The HMP virus spread from Wuhan city in China has reached India. That is, you can say that China has a 'virus attack' India. The matter of concern is that children are the biggest target in this attack. Bengaluru-Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Chennai, these 4 big cities of the country are currently in danger, and this danger is increasing. The biggest reason for this is China's HMP virus.

This virus spread from Wuhan city of China has reached Bengaluru, India, 7 thousand 800 km away from Wuhan. In Bengaluru, two children whose age is 3 months and 8 months have been infected with this virus. Apart from this, a 2-month-old child has also been infected with the HMP virus in Ahmedabad, 1500 km away from Bengaluru. A case of virus has also been reported in Kolkata. In Chennai also 2 children have been found infected with this virus. Although the health of all the children is said to be stable at the moment, but the alarming situation is that the Wuhan virus has now reached India and a total of 6 children have been infected by it.

Is this new HMP virus more dangerous than the coronavirus? So first understand 4 things about it.

First - This virus attacks children and the elderly the most. 6 cases of infection have been reported in India, all three are children.

Second - According to the pattern, the HMP virus spreads much faster than the coronavirus.

Third - Even though this virus was identified in China in 2001, no vaccine has been made for this virus till now.

Fourth - This virus remains undetected for the first 5 days of infection. That means the patient's condition may worsen by the time the HMP virus is detected.

And not just India, this virus has spread from China to Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong.

Source : DNA India

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