The child from the city's Gota area is currently being treated at a trust-run hospital and his condition is stable, said medical officer Bhavin Solanki of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

A 4-year-old boy from Ahmedabad city has contracted human metapneumovirus, taking the number of HMPV cases in Gujarat to eight, officials said on Thursday.

According to Bhavin Solanki, a medical officer with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the boy’s condition remains stable. "Prior to this case, Ahmedabad city had recorded six cases of HMPV.