A young woman in Israel has become the first person to be identified as contracting 'flurona' - a mixture of coronavirus and influenza.
The case was found in a pregnant woman in Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva., reports the Express.
The patient was unvaccinated and results from the hospital detected the co-presence of both the flu and the Covid-19 pathogens.
The woman has presented with relatively mild symptoms of the disease.
Local press reports the Israeli Health Ministry is studying the results of the combination of the two infections to detect if it could cause a more serious illness.
Israelio experts say that several other patients have contracted the two viruses but have not been diagnosed.
Professor Arnon Vizhnitser director of the hospitals' Gynecology Department said: "Last year, we did not witness flu cases among pregnant or birthing women.
"Today, we are seeing cases of both coronavirus and the flu that are starting to rear their head. We are seeing more and more pregnant women with the flu.
"It is definitely a great challenge dealing with a woman who comes in with a fever at childbirth. This is especially when you do not know if it's coronavirus or the flu, so you refer to them the same. Most of the illness is respiratory."
Mr Vizhnitser added the patient did not experience any unusually serious symptoms.
He added: "She was diagnosed with the flu and coronavirus as soon as she arrived. Both tests came back positive, even after we checked again.
"The disease is the same disease; they're viral and cause difficulty breathing since both attack the upper respiratory tract."
Additional reporting by Maria Ortega.
