Five years after the outbreak of the corona epidemic, the world is again looking with concern towards China. Global reports of a widespread outbreak of the HMPV virus are raising fears of a new health crisis.
Around the world, there are reports of a sharp increase in cases of respiratory disease in hospitals in China, especially among children and adults. The virus, first identified in the Netherlands in 2001, is known to cause respiratory illness, but the scale of the current outbreak is alarming. The Chinese authorities describe the situation as a "routine winter event". According to them, the increase in morbidity is due to a combination of several seasonal respiratory viruses, including influenza and corona. However, the extent of the outbreak and the speed with which it is spreading are causing concern in the international medical community.
"This is a virus whose consequences are not yet known and are under investigation. However, senior researchers in the world warn of an infectious virus that is spreading rapidly in recent days, and fear that it is a more violent and contagious virus than COVID. The World Health Organization will publish its conclusions in the next few days, until then the world of medicine must prepare for the worst and hope for the best," explains Dr. Marina Zadkin Tamir, clinical pharmacologist and infection expert from Ramat Academic College Garden.
Neighboring countries such as Hong Kong, Cambodia and Taiwan have increased their surveillance of HMPV cases and started taking extra precautions. The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring the developments, but refrained from declaring a global health emergency at this time. "The harmful substances carried in the air penetrate the lungs and the circulatory system, damage the functioning of the body's systems and cause serious chronic diseases," adds Ofer Nidam, an expert in the field of air pollution analysis.
"Which could worsen the effects of the virus, especially on vulnerable populations such as adults and children." While the world is closely following the developments in China, it is clear that global cooperation in the field of health is the key to facing future health challenges. The current outbreak reminds us that new health threats can appear at any time, and emphasizes the need for constant investment in health systems, scientific research and international cooperation.
"Maintaining personal hygiene, ventilating closed spaces and wearing masks in public places are simple but essential steps to maintain our health. In addition, it is important to invest in technologies for monitoring, purifying and filtering the air, especially in public and closed places, to reduce the risk of the spread of respiratory viruses," Nidem concludes.
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I wonder what this time is, how much suffering it never ends, what's happening in the world, all of them from 2020 is just crazy and scary
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Just from the intimidation you kill people every year inventing something else. This is good money
Enough with the lies. Flu is flu. Everything passes without vaccines
Vaccines kill. They don't believe you anymore. Everything is poison and lies. Those who have been vaccinated are poor.
In hospitals, everyone died, no matter why. You blew them up with excess oxygen. They'll just die. Everything is an advertisement for the money factory. Victims must be pressured to get vaccinated. How will they sell these junk vaccines.
At home. They all survived and recovered. Inhalation treatment and that's it