China faces Covid-like scare again: All you should know about HMPV & other viruses overwhelming hospitals and crematories

China is coping with an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), along with other viruses such as Influenza A, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Covid-19. Hospitals and crematoriums are reportedly overwhelmed. The country's disease control authority is setting up a monitoring system for pneumonia of unknown origin to better handle future outbreaks. Cases are on the rise, particularly among people under 14.