It’s less than 72 hours until 2022 and we’ve got a new nightmare that keeps us awake at night: flurona.
The world’s first verified case of dual infection with a combined influenza and coronavirus infection was identified in Israel in an unvaccinated pregnant woman. During the early stages of the pandemic, there were several reported cases of dual infection in the United States before the coronavirus was fully understood, but none were verified with the World Health Organization.
The Israeli patient is said to have not known he was infected with the virus when he went into labor last weekend. She had relatively mild symptoms and was examined on admission to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel. Arnon Vizhnitser, director of gynecology at the hospital, said: “The disease is the same disease. The Age of Israel. “They are viral in nature and cause breathing difficulties because both attack the upper respiratory tract.”
Israel’s health authorities, which have just launched a second boost campaign for people with compromised immune systems, have expressed concern about a “pandemic” as the number of flu cases begins to rise due to the spread of the virus. was not suitable for this year’s flu vaccine and the current persistent flu variant. .
Last week, a 31-year-old pregnant woman died of complications from the flu while nine months pregnant. Her son, delivered by caesarean section, survived. In December, a 6-year-old boy died of myocarditis – a complication of the flu – in Israel.
The flurona-associated nightmare follows the European arrival of Delmicron, a combination of Delta and Omicron variants in COVID-19 that has caused more severe symptoms in some patients, especially those unvaccinated people.
