Recently, the public was excited by the appearance of Florona, a combined infection with the flu and Corona which was first discovered in Israel. It is known that the first Florona case attacked a pregnant woman who had not received a COVID-19 vaccination.
Dr Edsel Salvana, a member of the technical expert team from the Philippine Department of Health, said concurrent infection of two or more diseases (coinfection) was not uncommon. According to him, the finding of the florona case was just a coincidence.
“This case is actually not unusual. Our first COVID death in the Philippines in January 2020, was a Chinese citizen suffering from influenza B, Corona virus, and streptococcal pneumonia,” said Salvana, quoted from the Inquirer, Tuesday (4/1/). 2022).
“So it’s not a big thing. It’s just a very unfortunate coincidence when someone is exposed to two pathogens and of course it can be related if there are comorbidities. But coinfection is not a strange thing,” he added.
Salvana advised the public to keep getting the influenza vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine, and the pneumonia vaccine. He also does not rule out the high risk of death if the three infections attack a person simultaneously.
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