flurona

flu +‎ rona

flurona (uncountable)

1. A rare double infection of influenza and COVID-19.
   • 2022 January 1, Joe Davies, “Israel reports first case of 'flurona': Doctors say they have found rare double infection of influenza and Covid in young pregnant woman”, in The Daily Mail‎:

     Her case is first documented in the world but doctors believe there could be more 'flurona' infections in the country.

   • 2022 January 1, Rhona Shennan, “What is ‘flurona’? Israel reports first case of double Covid and flu infection - is it a new variant?”, in NationalWorld‎:

     The woman who has been admitted to hospital with ‘flurona’ is pregnant and unvaccinated

   • 2022 January 1, Sravasti Dasgupta, “Israel reports first case of ‘flurona’ – rare double infection of Covid and influenza”, in The Independent‎:

     Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”.

   • 2022 January 1, Leigh Mcmanus & Kathie McInnes, “Covid and flu mix dubbed 'Flurona' causes difficulty breathing”, in Stoke-on-Trent Live‎:

     The first case of Flurona – a mixture of coronavirus and flu – has been found in a young pregnant woman.

   • 2022 January 2, ToI staff, “‘Flurona’: Israel records its first case of patient with COVID and flu at same time”, in The Times of Israel‎:

     The identified case of “flurona,” as some have dubbed it, was relatively mild, according to doctors at Beilinson.

   • 2022 January 2, Pinaz Ahmed, “Israel records the first case of Flurona, a double inflection from coronavirus and influenza”, in Prag News‎:

     Amid the rising number of Omicron cases, Israel has recently detected another infection known as ‘Flurona.’ Flurona is a combined infection of coronavirus and influenza.
     As per the latest reports, health experts detected the first case of flurona in a pregnant woman.