Two infants with acute respiratory disease 'HMPV' reported in India...China is also in fashion.

Two cases of "human metapneumovirus" (HMPV), an acute respiratory infectious disease, have been reported in India, local media reported.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a government agency, said two people were diagnosed with HMPV infection, including a three-month-old girl and an eight-month-old boy admitted to a hospital in the southern state of Karnataka.

The three-month-old girl was diagnosed with pneumonia and discharged from the hospital after treatment, and the eight-month-old boy, who tested positive for HMPV on the 3rd, is recovering after showing symptoms of pneumonia.

The parents of these infants were found to have never traveled abroad.

HMPV is currently prevalent worldwide, including in India, ICMR said, adding that the surge in influenza doctor cases (ILI) or severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) is not an unusual situation.

HMPV infection is a respiratory infection that occurs mainly in infants and young children, and the main symptoms are fever, cough, phlegm, runny nose, and stuffy nose.

If severe, it can cause lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

Indian media, citing social media, are reporting that hospitals are bustling due to a recent surge in HMPV infections in China.

Vietnam's health authorities also released a press release that said foreign media reports about the spread of HMPV infection in China were coming out and closely monitored the situation.

Earlier on the 27th of last month, the China Centers for Disease Prevention and Control announced the monitoring of respiratory infections nationwide, saying, "Influenza has entered a seasonal epidemic, the HMPV positive detection rate is increasing, and there is a clear increase in the northern regions."

HMPV was first detected in the Netherlands in 2001 rather than a new virus, and cases of infection were found among children in Cambodia from 2007 to 2009, Xinhua said.