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Covid-19: Risk of death more than doubled in people who also had flu, English data show

Gareth Iacobucci

2020BMJ59 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Covid-19: Risk of death more than doubled in people who also had flu, English data show Gareth IacobucciPeople infected with both flu and SARS-CoV-2 are more than twice as likely to die as someone with the new coronavirus alone, emerging evidence from England has shown.

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