A WOMAN has caught Covid and influenza at the same time in an incredibly rare mixture dubbed “Flurona”. The case – which was detected at an Israeli hospital – showed the wom…
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Local press are reporting that the Israeli health Ministry is studying the results to work out if the two infections could cause a more serious illness. Experts in Israel are claiming other patients have already contract the two viruses but have not been diagnosed. Professor Arnon Vizhnitser director of the hospitals' Gynecology Department said: "Last year, we did not witness flu cases among pregnant or birthing women."We are seeing more and more pregnant women with the flu."This is especially when you do not know if it's coronavirus or the flu, so you refer to them the same.Prof Vizhnitser said the patient had not experienced any severe or unusual symtpoms."Both tests came back positive, even after we checked again.
"The disease is the same disease; they're viral and cause difficulty breathing since both attack the upper respiratory tract."
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