Nigeria safe from HMPV ‘for now,’ says NCDC with preventive tips

THE GUARDIAN

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has outlined preventive measures against the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), assuring that the country is not under “serious threat for now.”

While concerns have risen over the outbreak of the virus in some countries worldwide, the NCDC Director-General, Jide Idris, during Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, allayed fears, assuring Nigerians that the situation is under control and there is no cause for alarm.

“Let me say, there’s no serious threat for now. That’s one. Two, this HMPV virus, it’s not a new virus. It’s just that it’s not well-known. But it’s been implicated in many respiratory infections over the years, across countries, especially in children and elderly people,” Idris said.

The NCDC boss explained that, like the normal flu, old virus, or influenza, the respiratory virus is one of the causes of respiratory problems.