Israel sees alarming leap in flu cases as experts warn peak is ahead

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Israel sees alarming leap in flu cases as experts warn peak is ahead
Israeli hospitals treating some 1,088 flu patients after only 17 percent of entire population has been vaccinated against influenza this year; in first half of November, 15% increase in respiratory disease among children was reported
Adir Yanko |
Published: 12.26.21, 13:20

Israel on Sunday reported an alarming spike in flu cases in the past few weeks, with health experts warning the worst of the contagion is still yet to come.

According to the data, since the start of this winter some 1,088 people have been hospitalized with flu, of whom 401 are children and 70 are pregnant women. So far, only 17 percent of the entire population has been vaccinated against influenza...

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/nearly...alth-ministry/

Nearly 3,000 hospitalized with flu since September, amid ‘twindemic’ fears
Health Ministry urges vaccinations to counter both COVID and influenza, after first ‘flurona’ case identified
By TOI staff Today, 4:28 pm

The Health Ministry said Wednesday that it had charted a worrying rise in cases of flu, which had all but dissipated last winter amid the many restrictions brought on by COVID-19.

The ministry said 2,825 Israelis had been hospitalized with the flu since September 1 as of last week, including 863 children and 181 pregnant women and new mothers. New cases were continuing to rise among both the young and old, the ministry added...

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