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USA: Texas sees coinfections with flu and Covid-19

The Nueces County Public Health District in Texas announced that the County has started seeing people who not only have COVID-19, but the flu as well.

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September 5, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Co-infection, Infection, PCR, Testing, Texas, Transmission, USA

Belgium: 90-year-old woman coinfection with Alpha and Beta coronavirus variants

Researchers in Belgium report on the case of a 90-year-old woman who was simultaneously infected with two different variants of concern (VOCs) of COVID-19, in a Case Report being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held online this year. More...

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Alpha, B.1.1.7, B.1.351, Belgium, Beta, Co-infection, Coronavirus, Europe, Genome, Health, Infection, PCR, Science, Symptoms, Testing, Transmission, Variants

Spain: coinfection with West Nile Virus and coronavirus

Andalusia has detected the first case of a patient infected with both covid and West Nile virus . More...

June 19, 2021August 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Co-infection, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Infection, PCR, Science, Spain, Testing, Transmission

Brazil: novel coronavirus variant VUI-NP13L reported along with 2 cases of coinfection with B.1.1.28

“We were the first to identify two independent events of co-infection caused by the occurrence of B.1.1.28 (E484K) with either B.1.1.248 or B.1.91 lineages. More...

April 19, 2021August 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, B.1.1.248, B.1.1.28, B.1.91, Brazil, Co-infection, Coronavirus, E484K, Health, Infection, Reinfection, Science, Testing, Transmission

More E484K, B1128 coronavirus co-infections reported in Brazil

B.1.1.28 (E484K) is able to establish successful coinfection events co-occurring simultaneously with different lineages of SARS-CoV-2. More...

March 6, 2021August 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, B.1.1.28, Brazil, Co-infection, Coronavirus, E484K, Health, Infection, Mutation, Science, Testing, Vaccine

So where’s the Flu? Not a single case of influenza flu detected by Public Health England this year

Not a single case of influenza has been detected by public health officials in England for the past seven weeks, with infection rates at historic lows amid the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions. More...