Margaret Harris of the WHO said the mortality rate for HMPV has been very low. She also said there have been no emergency responses or emergency declarations triggered. What is HMPV?

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HMPV is “a common virus that circulates in winter and spring,” she said, adding that its case mortality rate is “very, very low”.

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When asked about hMPV’s mortality rate, Harris described it as “very, very low.” It is not a pathogen that normally leads to deaths in humans, save for the most vulnerable, she concluded.