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In recent months, the health system has been concerned - and in some areas, almost overwhelmed by the Coronavirus pandemic. It is also in mind for many Americans. Respond to a survey from US psychiatry, 48% of those surveyed stated that theyCORONAVIRUS CONTRACTING SUPER, while 62% said a fear that a loved one is infected. But other diseases and diseases remain a danger. As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on another fatal viral infection that requires continued attention even in the middle of coronavirus: flu.

During a media briefing of 15 June, Director General of WHOTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, MD, talked about the dangers ofSurveillance of declining flu. "Influenza surveillance has been suspended or decreases in many countries," he said, who could be prejudicial once the flu season. "We can not lose sight of other important public health problems, including influenza. The flu affects all countries each year and takes its own deadly toll," said Ghebreyesus. Which estimates that there are between three and five millionSerious influenza cases around the world Each year, occurring from 290,000 to 650,000 deaths.

The flu season has already started in the southern hemisphere, where the collision between it and the pandemic could be catastrophic. "The co-circulation of Covid-19 and the flu can aggravate the impact on already submerged health care systems," said Ghebreyesus during the briefing. With health staff, hospital beds and other resources being set aside to treat coronavirus patients, influenza patients might suffer. Ghebreyesus stated that reduced vigilance about the flu results from "a combination of problems, including the reuse of personnel and supplies, overloaded laboratories and transport restrictions".

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With half of the world already immersed in the influenza season and the northern hemisphere on the horizon, civil servants discuss the best way to respond strategically. Executive Director of the WHO Emergency Health ProgramMike Ryan, MD, said in the briefing: "We now enter a period in the world where we must be able to follow both Covid-19 and the flu." And to see how Covid-19 stacks against other deadly diseases, checkHow the death of influenza and other common killers compare with coronavirus.