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The “Flurona”, a simultaneous double infection with the flu and the coronavirus

The cases remain rare but they do exist. Some people get the flu at the same time as Covid-19. For now, the flu virus is circulating very poorly in Belgium. On December 23, however, the Sciensano Public Health Institute called on people to remain vigilant. “However, we see that influenza is currently widespread in Northern … Read more

The pandemic closes 2021 with more than double the number of infections worldwide than in 2020

The year 2021 closes with 198 million confirmed global COVID infections in these 12 months, more than double the 83 million in 2020, while the deaths were 3.5 million, 84% more than the 1.9 million of the past year, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). The figures, although still very high, show … Read more