Health officials are urging Americans to get their flu shots if they haven't already to better prepare the US against the coronavirus outbreak. As of Monday afternoon, there are 627 confirmed coronavirus cases across 34 states and 22 people - in California, Texas and Washington - have died. One reason is that hospitals across the country are already seeing thousands of flu cases. Getting the flu vaccine will help reduce the number of flu patients. Additionally, if you're sickened with the flu, it could make you more susceptible to the new coronavirus because your body is weakened from fighting off influenzaThe flu shot prevents that from happening.

Source: Daily Mail March 09, 2020 18:11 UTC