Flu vaccine may lessen Covid symptoms in children

Children who receive a seasonal flu shot are less likely to suffer symptoms from a Covid-19 infection, researchers say.

The findings suggest that Covid-19 positive children who received the influenza vaccine in the current flu season had lower odds of experiencing symptoms, respiratory problems or severe disease.

“It is known that the growth of one virus can be inhibited by a previous viral infection,” said researcher Anjali Patwardhan, Professor at the University of Missouri in the US.

“This phenomenon is called virus interference, and it can occur even when the first virus invader is an inactivated virus, such as the case with the flu vaccine,” Patwardhan added.

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