China's "serious virus" pandemic! The mortality rate is as high as 43%. Experts urge: There is currently no vaccine or specific medicine

After winter in China, a variety of infectious diseases broke out across the country, among which the number of infections with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is on the rise. Toxicology expert Zhao Mingwei warned that the fatality rate of HMPV is as high as 43%, and there is currently no Vaccines and specific drugs remind the public to be careful!

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Zhao Mingwei said in a Facebook fan page that the number of people infected with human metapneumovirus has surged in China recently, and the number of cases among those aged 14 and under has increased significantly. Because human metapneumovirus is a virus that can cause acute respiratory infections, and may alternately spread with other viruses, China's hospitals are overcrowded and children's outpatient clinics are even more difficult to find.

Schematic diagram. Image source: Jimu News

Zhao Mingwei pointed out that human metapneumovirus is transmitted through direct or close contact with contaminated secretions. The most common transmission routes are droplet transmission and contact transmission. It is said that after a specific group of people is infected, the mortality rate of HMPV As high as 43%, and there is currently no vaccine or specific medicine.

Therefore, Zhao Mingwei reminded that the most effective way to prevent human metapneumovirus is to "cut off the transmission route". In addition to wearing a mask, washing hands frequently, touching eyes and nose elsewhere without washing hands, and going to crowded places less often. At the same time, increasing your own immunity is a way to avoid infection. In addition, Zhao Mingwei also bluntly said, "It is best not to go to epidemic areas during this period, lest you get infected and come back with the virus to poison Taiwanese people!"