January 24, 2026

Athens News

News in English from Greece

First case of Chinese HMPV virus confirmed in Thessaloniki


According to the message OPEN, This is a 71-year-old man whose daughter went to China on holiday and a few days after her return the father began to develop symptoms.

First, she went to a private clinic, then on January 3 she was admitted for treatment to the Papanicolaou emergency hospital, where one of the best pulmonary clinics is located. She took a PCR test on Saturday and on Monday the results showed she was positive for hmpv virus.

Up to this point, the man had been treated in a ward with two other patients, but as soon as it became known that it was a virus, he was moved to an isolation ward, and patients and their relatives in the same ward were informed that visiting would be stopped.

As per latest reports, the patient's health condition deteriorated on Tuesday and it was deemed necessary to transfer him to Pulmonology Clinic B while case tracing continues.



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