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Israel alert: First case of dual flu and coronavirus infection recorded

The Israel, as the first case of “flurona”, an infection that combines the simple flu and the coronavirus.

According to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the first case concerns a pregnant woman who was admitted to Rabin Medical Center to give birth.

Professor Arnon Vizhnitser, director of the gynecology department at the city hospital, said the woman tested positive for both viruses as soon as she arrived at the medical center and had a double check-up to confirm it.

Vizhnitser added that the woman had not been vaccinated against either of the two viruses, but he did not have particularly severe symptoms.

The Israeli Ministry of Health is monitoring the patient’s condition, which has mild symptoms, in an effort to identify the effects of the combination of the two viruses on the human body. According to doctors, many people may have been infected with two viruses and have not yet been diagnosed.

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