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Viral Diseases

Commons · Question 22091 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Jan 2025

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) his international counterparts and (b) the World Health Organisation on human metapneumovirus.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 9 Jan 2025

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has had no recent communications from the World Health Organisation or other countries in relation to human metapneumovirus (hMPV).UKHSA’s long-term surveillance of hMPV in England, through systems covering general pr...