Brit doctors have been pleading for transparency over HMPV rates as wards see a worrying rise in cases. Human metapneumovirus is a virus with symptoms similar to a cold , including a cough, fever and blocked or runny nose, and has been on the rise in parts of China . Rates of the virus have also been rising in the UK amidst a major winter flu crisis which has seen NHS wards overwhelmed. Leading virus expert Dr Andrew Catchpole said that there was currently not enough information from Chinese