India Reports First Case Of HMPV Virus, Eight-Month-Old Baby Tests Positive

First case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been reported in Bengaluru in an eight-month-old baby, detected at the city’s Baptist Hospital. The state health department confirmed that it did not test the sample in its own labs but said that it has no reason to doubt the private hospital’s findings.

“The reports have come from a private hospital, and we have no reason to question the accuracy of their tests,” a health department said. This marks the first reported case of HMPV in the country.