An Israeli health worker tests a Jewish seminary student for COVID-19 at a coronavirus testing center in Jerusalem
Highlight
- Israel detected the first case of “Florona” disease, a double infection of COVID-19 and influenza.
- An Israeli newspaper reported that the case was found in a woman who had been admitted to the hospital to give birth.
- Meanwhile, Israel has started giving a fourth dose of the vaccine to those most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Arab News said on Friday that Israel detected the first case of “Florona” disease, a double infection of COVID-19 and influenza.
An Israeli newspaper reported that a case of double infection has been reported in a woman admitted to give birth at Rabin Medical Center this week.
Meanwhile, Israel on Friday began delivering a fourth vaccine dose to people hit by the coronavirus, becoming one of the first countries to do so as it succumbs to a wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant. is ready.
Israel, which led a world-beating vaccination program in 2020, will administer the fourth dose of the vaccine to individuals with weakened immune systems and to elderly residents and staff in care homes.
The rollout of the fourth dose began Friday morning at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and is administered to heart and lung transplant patients.
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