The Double-Pandemic: COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza during Winter 2020-2021 is an Expected Surprise

Journal Title: Public Health Open Access - Year 2020, Vol 4, Issue 2

Abstract

Given COVID-19 pandemic and seasonal influenza in winter 2020-2021 we describe the challenges, both medical and social, posed by the potential double-pandemic of diseases. We also provide practical strategies to cope with this double-pandemic.

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Rapaport C and Ashkenazi I

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  • EP ID EP755688
  • DOI 10.23880/phoa-16000166
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Rapaport C and Ashkenazi I (2020). The Double-Pandemic: COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza during Winter 2020-2021 is an Expected Surprise. Public Health Open Access, 4(2), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-755688