The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has called for calm as news about the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) circulates.
In a statement issued on Thursday afternoon, the NICD said that there was no need to panic about the reported cases of HMPV.
The virus is “commonly occurring”, causes respiratory illness, and is in the same family of viruses as the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
“HMPV is detected all year round in South Africa as one of the regular…
