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Since December, the Internet has been panicking about a new epidemic which would have led to the establishment of a state of emergency in China. But what is it really?
Overwhelmed hospitals, surgical masks… Is a new epidemic hitting China? This is what several Internet users say on X, Instagram or TikTok, reports TF1.
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“The metapneumovirus epidemic in China continues to progress, hospitals are overwhelmed and children are infected,” indicates an account with a thousand subscribers on X (formerly Twitter).
⚠️ BREAKING:
China’s ?? Metapneumovirus Outbreak Continues to Surge, Hospitals Overwhelmed as Children Are Infected.
China is grappling with a human metapneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak, with children and the elderly most affected. pic.twitter.com/yok6Ot5Bag
— SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) https://twitter.com/COVID19_disease/status/1875222668980723816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Since mid-December 2024, several videos have been circulating showing queues at the hospital, due to the circulation of several viruses, including Covid-19.
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But according to checks by TF1, the state of health emergency has not been officially implemented in China.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has not reacted on this subject.
According to the media outlet, the images cannot be located or dated and could correspond to images taken during the Covid-19 epidemic.
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TF1 still managed to date certain images such as the one accompanying an alarmist publication on the situation in China published on December 22, 2024. The photograph would in fact date back to 2022.
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China is grappling with a significant rise in infections from multiple deadly viruses, including COVID-19 and Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). pic.twitter.com/NZOjfIV8X8
— SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) https://twitter.com/COVID19_disease/status/1870864836403580942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The information is relayed by the site The Epoch Times, known for spreading conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic.
No official announcement of a state of health emergency has been made by Beijing according to the French television channel.
