Mexico is the third country to identify this type of case in Latin America, with Brazil and Peru coming first. A specialist describes its characteristics to EFE.
Flurone, a simultaneous infection of coronavirus and flu that presented its first cases in Mexico this Sunday, it is not a new virus or a new variant Y should not be cause for alarm, although health precautions must be maintained, a specialist said on Monday.
“Flurona is a name that was assigned to the combination of Sars-CoV-2 with respiratory infections like influenza ”, Roxana Trejo, Manager of the Epidemiology unit of the ABC Medical Center, told EFE.
It does not mean that it is a new virus or a new variant and it does not mean that it is something more serious
Roxana Trejo
In fact, cases of fluron were detected for the first time in U.S during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, he said.
However, it was only recently that it was given that name, flurone, which began to create alarm in the population.
Flurona, having COVID-19 and flu at the same time, is not something weird nor does it necessarily cause more problems
The cases that have been detected in Latin America have not been observed serious
Roxana Trejo
Although the expert highlighted that the simultaneous infection with two respiratory viruses or with viruses and bacteria is something well known in medicine.
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In Latin America, Brazil was the first country to detect fluron and on January 6, Peru reported that three people were infected in the Amazon jungle region, one of whom died.
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The severity would depend on the condition of the patients, for example, those who have comorbidities could present complications, but it is something that has not yet been seen
The specialist affirms.
In addition, he said, the vaccination process that exists in most countries, both against covid-19 and against seasonal influenza, has had an impact on the cases of flurone are mild or barely severe. (I)
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