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Israel nears 300 flu virus hospitalizations
Doctors have been worried that fewer people will get vaccinated against the flu this year because of a feeling of “vaccine fatigue” from having to take three COVID vaccine shots in the last year.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Published: DECEMBER 10, 2021 12:25
Israel is seeing a high number of people hospitalized with influenza, the Israel Center for Disease Control (ICDC) reported on Thursday.
According to the data, since flu season began last month, some 280 patients have been hospitalized and another 20 people checked into other clinics.
The majority of the patients were infected with influenza A / H3, which is included in the flu vaccine.
Around this time in 2019, just before corona entered Israel, around 100 people were hospitalized with the virus and 11 had died. Last year, Israel did not see a single case of flu in the country, likely due to lockdowns and other restrictions that were in place because of COVID-19...
Israel nears 300 flu virus hospitalizations
Doctors have been worried that fewer people will get vaccinated against the flu this year because of a feeling of “vaccine fatigue” from having to take three COVID vaccine shots in the last year.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Published: DECEMBER 10, 2021 12:25
Israel is seeing a high number of people hospitalized with influenza, the Israel Center for Disease Control (ICDC) reported on Thursday.
According to the data, since flu season began last month, some 280 patients have been hospitalized and another 20 people checked into other clinics.
The majority of the patients were infected with influenza A / H3, which is included in the flu vaccine.
Around this time in 2019, just before corona entered Israel, around 100 people were hospitalized with the virus and 11 had died. Last year, Israel did not see a single case of flu in the country, likely due to lockdowns and other restrictions that were in place because of COVID-19...
