Flurona is a new term, but it’s not a new condition. It’s not a hybrid disease. It just means that someone has tested positive for both COVID-19 and the flu. Different viruses cause COVID-19 and the flu, and the World Health Organization says it’s possible to be infected with both at once. Reports of double infections with COVID-19 and the flu date back almost two years, but they appear to be occurring more frequently now. With the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, cases of COVID-19 rose sharply in the United States. With the Omicron surge happening during flu season, more people are getting co-infections.