Babur: you can get swine flu and coronavirus at the same time

In the Kaliningrad region, 389 cases of influenza have been laboratory confirmed, 388 are of the A H1N1 strain (swine flu). This was announced during a live broadcast on VKontakte by the HEAD of the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor Elena Babur on Monday, December 19.

it is possible for members of the same family to contract the flu and the CORONAVIRUS at the same time, or even different subtypes of the omicron or the flu and another infection, she said. So, today in the region, doctors registered four cases when people are simultaneously ill with both the flu and the coronavirus infection.

When an increase in the incidence of influenza is combined with the circulation of covid-19 , the situation becomes much more complicated. Currently, the situation with coronavirus infection is turbulent, the level of hospitalization of patients has increased. Rospotrebnadzor strongly recommends that if clinical signs of the disease appear, contact a DOCTOR who should take an analysis for COVID-19. For influenza and covid infection, a different protocol for treating the disease is required, RBC Kaliningrad wrote.