In the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital of Lamia, another fellow citizen of ours is hospitalized with coronavirus…

The “cocktail” of flu and coronavirus have filled the Hospitals all over Greece, with many of our fellow citizens even ending up in Intensive Care Units or ICUs.

The region of Fthiotida is no exception and according to the report of LamiaReport, there was not a whole day without a patient with covid-19 in the Intensive Care Unit!

But in the last 24 hours, we also have the first patient in the ICU of GN Lamia with flu. It is about a young woman from Lamia who had the great misfortune of contracting the flu and the coronavirus at the same time!

In total, in the ICU of the Lamia Hospital, which is full of patients, two people are currently hospitalized with coronavirus. The second patient is also from Lamia aged 66. Another 18 people are also being treated at the Covid Clinic.

The flu is on the rise

According to medical sources, during the last two festive weeks, visits to private and public clinics (Hospital, Health Centers and ToMY) have more than doubled. But what has been observed, without being able to be confirmed with official data, is that the cases of influenza (or other viral respiratory infections) are much more than those of the corona virus!

As an example, we will mention that from Sunday 17 to Friday 29 December 2023, the official data of EODY for the region of Fthiotida, record 357 cases of coronavirus (in 1692 tests that correspond to a positivity of more than 21%), which means that the rest viruses – together with pediatric cases – reach a 4-digit number!

In fact, according to the scientists, the flu, which presents itself in the vast majority as type A (the subtype is identified with further laboratory testing and we only have the EODY report which gives 95% the H1N1 subtype) lasts at least 4 days usually with a high fever, in contrast with covid-19, which in people who have been through it before, does not give them a fever for more than two 24 hours.