Posts falsely claim mystery disease outbreak, state of emergency in China
China has not declared a state of emergency. PolitiFact checked multiple Chinese and U.S. government websites and found no public health emergency announcements. One of the respiratory viruses social media posts are spotlighting is human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, which was discovered in 2001. It causes coldlike symptoms and most cases are mild.
A combination of viral respiratory infections, malaria and malnutrition has killed nearly 50 people in the African country.
China has detected the new mutated strain of the mpox virus, as the pathogen spreads to more geographies after the World ...
A “mystery disease” recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 ...
A 'mystery illness' that is thought to be the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is currently spreading across China, with four key ...
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