A group of 25 Covid-19 patients in the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus are said to have been infected by a strain of the novel coronavirus that combines features of its Delta and Omicron variants. But some experts have sought to soothe nerves by pointing out that “deltacron” — as the variant is termed — may really be nothing …
“Flurona" isn’t a new Covid-19 variant. Co-infections of two separate respiratory diseases aren’t a new phenomenon—and reports of people testing positive for Covid-19 and the flu date to the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, infectious disease experts say. The simultaneous spread of influenza and the highly transmissible Omicron variant, which has fueled record levels of new Covid-19 cases, could mean …
VioletaStoimenova via Getty Images At every stage in the pandemic, we’ve added new terms to our everyday vocabulary: coronavirus, COVID-19, social distancing, delta, omicron. It can be serious, but experts say it’s not super common right now While the recent flood of stories about “flurona” is arguably over-the-top, medical experts say it is important to take both COVID and the …
A coronavirus testing site said it has detected its first “flurona” co-infection of the flu and the coronavirus in Los Angeles County. The case, involving a teenager, was detected four days ago at a testing site near the Getty Center in Brentwood, said Steve Farzam, chief operating officer of 911 COVID Testing. The first local case of “flurona” was identified …
Israeli health authorities have detected a case of what some are calling "flurona" — a double dose of COVID-19 and the flu. 'Flurona' case probably not Israel's first Local media reported the pregnant woman was the first documented case of the simultaneous infection found in Israel so far in the pandemic. The term "twindemic" has been used in the past …
