Argentina has detected the first positive case of Flurone, a new infectious variant that combines the symptoms of the coronavirus with those of the influenza virus simultaneously. It is a mutated strain first identified in the United States early in the pandemic.
However, over the months, new positive cases of Flurone Worldwide. The last country to confirm a contagion with this peculiar illness was Israel, just over two weeks ago, in a pregnant woman who had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
What is known so far about Flurona
According to The Times of Israel, which quotes members of the Tel Aviv Medical Council, the variant Flurone It is transmitted in the same way as the coronavirus and the influence: virally. Through infected particles that can be inhaled in the environment or picked up from contaminated surfaces.
Regarding symptoms related to furone, it is known that viral infection It attacks the upper respiratory tract of sufferers, causing shortness of breath, coughing, and acute runny nose. In addition to producing the rest of the common symptoms of the virus:
- Fever.
- Headache and throat pain.
- Muscle pains.
- Fatigue.
The first case of Flurona in Argentina
The first case of Flurona in Argentina was detected on Thursday in the province of Santa Fe, in a three-year-old boy who was admitted as an emergency to the “Orlando Alassia” Children’s Hospital, in Santa Fe capital, with a complicated picture of epilepsy.
The infant, diagnosed with coronavirus and the H1N1 influenza virus at the same time, had to remain hospitalized for several hours in the intensive care unit of said hospital due to the severe neurological condition he presented.
Source: (Public TV)
However, in the afternoon, he progressed satisfactorily to the administered treatment and was transferred to the intermediate care unit of the Children’s Hospital, where he will remain isolated from the rest to prevent the spread of the new strain.
