New footage from inside hospitals in Wuhan, China, display worrying scenes as families are turned away and put on IV drips while stood in waiting rooms due to a huge virus outbreak

The rise of the infection in China and reports of overwhelmed hospitals has prompted concerns about another pandemic similar to Covid-19, but experts say the risk is low

Professor Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia notes that almost every child contracts HMPV by five years of age, with reinfections occurring throughout life. “HMPV typically causes cold-like symptoms that recover by themselves within 2 to 5 days. Severe cases are rare but can occur in vulnerable groups,” he says.

A surge in cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has prompted some alarm and led to fears of a possible new pandemic

Referring to research proposals by Chinese scientists and their US collaborators, and the emergence of the same kind of virus near their lab at Wuhan a year later, scientist Richard Ebright says there

The zebrafish that accompanied the Chinese astronauts on last year's Shenzhou XVIII mission set a record for being the longest surviving fish in space, according to the professor researching them.

The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

According to China Railway Wuhan Group Co., Ltd., the opening of the two new routes means that four train services now operate between Hong Kong and Wuhan, which has a population of more than 13 million, bringing greater convenience to passengers traveling for short-term vacations, business, or visits.

China has responded after the World Health Organization ( WHO) again urged it to disclose data that could shed more light on the origins of COVID-19, which killed over 7 million people worldwide. Newsweek reached out to the WHO by email with a request for comment.

In addition to the Xi'an-Hong Kong route, a new high-speed rail service linking Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, with Hong Kong was also launched on Sunday. Trains on this route take less than five hours, stopping in Hunan and Guangdong provinces.

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