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Viral Diseases

Commons · Question 22090 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of human metapneumovirus have been identified in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 9 Jan 2025

The UK Health Security Agency’s long-term surveillance of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in England, through systems covering general practice surgeries and hospital laboratories, indicates that hMPV levels in winter 2024-25 are in line with what we would e...