An unvaccinated, pregnant Israeli woman has the dubious distinction of contracting the country’s first case of the so-called “Flurona” – a simultaneous infection of COVID-19 and the seasonal flu.…
An unvaccinated, pregnant Israeli woman has the dubious distinction of contracting the country’s first case of “flurona” — a simultaneous infection of COVID-19 and the seasonal flu, according to reports.
“She was diagnosed with the flu and coronavirus as soon as she arrived,” said Arnon Vizhnitser, director of the hospital’s Gynecology Department,“Both tests came back positive, even after we checked again,” he said, adding that “the disease is the same disease. They’re viral and cause difficulty breathing since both attack the upper respiratory tract.”
“Last year, we did not witness flu cases among pregnant or birthing women,” Vizhnitser said, according to Hamodia. “Today, we are seeing cases of both coronavirus and the flu that are starting to rear their head.” “We now have a new layer of defense,” Bennett said in a televised news conference, Reuters reported. “Israel will once again be pioneering the global vaccination effort.”
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