First Flurona Case Reported in LA As Omicron Variant Drives COVID Case Surge

 https://www.newsweek.com/flurona-los-angeles-la-county-first-omicron-variant-covid-case-surge-california-1666200

A Los Angeles County COVID-19 testing site has detected its first case of flurona, a coinfection of influenza and COVID-19, as Omicron drives a surge in COVID-19 infections across the United States.

Doctors have been concerned about the possibility of a "twindemic" of these two respiratory viruses since two young pregnant women in Israel tested positive for both.

Though the first official case of the coinfection was reported in Israel in late December, reports of people suffering from flu and coronavirus in the United States date back as far as 2020, according to the Times of Israel.