The professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the EKPA presented himself reassuringly, Gikas Mallorcaregarding him new metapneumovirus from the China and the first confirmed case in Greece.

Speaking to and to “Mismatched“, he emphasized that we have had cases of metapneumonia for many years, as it is a virus known since 2001, from which we have probably all been infected by the age of 5. “The virus has been circulating at least, as studies say, since 1950, while others say for 200 years. So with this confirmed case I cannot understand what they have confirmed, a virus that has been circulating among us for decades.”

“Now if it’s some other virus that hasn’t been described before, let’s talk about it. But right now we are talking about a virus that is common. We all have antibodies against this virus. Of course, this does not mean that he is not important, he does have some importance. People who are immunocompromised can have it more severely, as with all viruses. The flu is more serious than the post-pneumonia virus,” concluded Mr. Mallorca, clarifying that what the planet experienced in 2020 has nothing to do with the coronavirus.