After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the flu disappeared for a time under the strict prevention and control of the whole people. However, most people are becoming more relaxed about the epidemic, and the number of people wearing masks is gradually decreasing as they enter the “lying flat” stage. The “flu season,” which disappeared due to strict quarantine measures in the past two years, may return, raising the risk of COVID-19 and influenza overlapping.
We should be alert to the combination of COVID-19 and influenza infections.
Researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Liverpool, Leiden and Imperial College London in the UK published a study in The Lancet entitled: Research Paper of SARS-CoV-2 co-infection with influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, or adenoviruses, The study is the largest ever conducted on patients with COVID-19 and other infectious respiratory viruses.
Studies have shown that adults infected with both COVID-19 and influenza have a much greater risk of severe illness and death than patients infected with COVID-19 or other viruses alone. Compared with patients infected only with COVID-19, those infected with both COVID-19 and influenza were more than four times more likely to need ventilator support and 2.4 times more likely to die.
China’s first approved TGA COVID-19 / joint inspection combination test box certification enterprise
On September 7, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved the “COVID-19 + influenza” self-testing kit from Hangzhou Fanttest Biotech Co.,Ltd. for sale. The kit is called: COVID-19/Influenza A&B Antigen Test Kit (For Self testing), independently developed and produced by Hangzhou Fanttest Biotech Co.,Ltd.
This joint detection kit is the first batch of COVID-19 joint detection products approved by TAG in China. It can simultaneously detect the infection of COVID-19 and influenza in users within 15 minutes, with high efficiency, speed and precision.
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Post time: Oct-14-2022