The media office of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement saying: “Recording cases of double infections, i.e. influenza virus and SARS-CoV2, is expected and not worrisome. Double infections with respiratory viruses are normal and can occur.”
The statement added, “In Lebanon, as in the rest of the world, cases of double infection were detected, and according to the routine procedures followed, samples of infected cases are examined at the National Influenza Center, and the Ministry of Public Health sends samples of infected cases to a reference laboratory in the United Kingdom for examination. This is in accordance with the Quality Control and Breed Exchange Program, which has been in place since 2015.
