The first case of HMPV in the capital was confirmed. The patient is a child. What was the initial diagnosis SOURCES

The first case of metapneumovirus in Bucharest was confirmed on Friday, the infected person being a child, one of the very vulnerable categories to HMPV.

The first case of metapneumovirus this season, detected and reported within the surveillance system of severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs), is actually from Bucharest, according to INSP.

According to Antena 3 CNN sources, it is about a 12-year-old child, initially diagnosed with pneumonia at the “Matei Balș” Institute.

The patient was discharged and is in good condition.

On Wednesday, DSP Bihor leadership announced the confirmation of the first case of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in a 67-year-old patient who has not traveled abroad, which he specified, for the Bihorian, that she is hospitalized, isolated and in good condition.

We remind you that, on Thursday, in a press conference, the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila, emphasized that “most children can get sick at least once with this virus. Anyone can take it. It spreads quickly if you come into contact with an infected person. Incubation is 3-6 days. The symptoms are mild. There is no vaccine”.

“Tens of thousands of unconfirmed metapneumovirus cases in Romania”

The minister also said that “there’s no point in doing mass testing for a trivial infection.”

“The virus was identified 20 years ago, I don’t know where this hysteria with the metapneumovirus came from (…). Wearing a mask, an alternative for those who are sick to not spread the disease. But I am not referring to the metapneumovirus, but rather to the flu (…). And in previous seasons there were cases. 4 in the 2021-2022 season, 6 in the following season, i.e. in the year 2022-2023, and last year there were 7 cases. talk about nothing new (…)There is no evidence of increased transmissibility or greater severity of this virus in Romania (…) There are tens of thousands of unconfirmed cases of metapneumovirus in Romania”, said Rafila, who specified that, in case of such an infection, antibiotics are recommended.