[사회]Confirmed 3 people infected with Corona 19 and flu in Korea

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As the day turns colder, there is growing concern about the “demic twin” in which the flu and Corona 19 are simultaneously prevalent.

In fact, cases of simultaneous infection with both viruses have been reported.

In Korea, three people were confirmed to be infected simultaneously in February.

Reporter Yeojin Lee reports.

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It was confirmed that there were 3 people in Korea who had Corona 19 and flu.

In late February, before the end of the influenza epidemic, it was the areas of Daegu and Gyeongbuk where Corona 19 was epidemic.

[정은경 / 중앙방역대책본부장 : 인플루엔자 유행이 있던 상황에서 코로나 유행이 같이 유행했던 그 시기에 확인된 2월에 확인된 사례가 3건 정도 양성이 확인되었고, 3건에 대해서는 임상 증상이나 이런 건 좀 더 확인해야 되는데 중증은 아닌 걸로….]

Several cases of simultaneous infection of this type have been reported both in Korea and abroad.

In the United States, one of 116 tests, 0.9%, in China 2.7%, and in Turkey, about 2%, tested positive for both viruses.

According to a research team from the UK Department of Public Health, the mortality rate of 58 patients infected with the two viruses at the same time was 6 times that of healthy people and 2.3 times that of those with COVID-19 alone.

[시혜진 / 가천대 길병원 감염내과 교수 : 영국에서 보고된 일부 사례에 따르면 치명률이 6배까지 증가한다는 보고가 있고 특히 같이 걸리는 군이 대부분 고위험군일 가능성이 높기 때문에 주의가 필요할 것으로 생각이 됩니다.]

The flu advisory was issued on November 16, 2018, and November 15 of last year.

Since it takes about two weeks for antibodies to form after vaccination, you should receive the vaccine no later than early November.

[정은경 / 중앙방역대책본부장 : 아무래도 겨울철이 되면 환기가 좀 어려워지고 또 건조하고 추운, 낮은 온도에서는 바이러스가 좀 더 생존 기간이 길어질 수 있는 환경의 변화 등을 감안해서 대응을 해야 되는 상황입니다.]

Quarantine authorities said earlier this year that the flu warning was lifted early thanks to social distancing and public sanitation.

This is YTN Lee Yeo-jin.

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