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Landed at the airport Fiumicino “in the last days” the patient returned from Britain positive result in Covid variant that keeps Europe anxious. The patient and his partner, says the Ministry of Health, are now in isolation according to the Scientific Department of the Military Polyclinic of Celio from Rome has sequenced the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with the variant found in recent weeks in England. No other official information was provided on movements and contacts between landing and the patient’s diagnosis positive for the English variant.
Meanwhile, Italy has blocked the departure flights of Great Britain by prohibiting the entry of those who have stayed or traveled there in the last 14 days. The ordinance, signed by Roberto Speranza and in force until January 6, it also establishes that “everyone who is already in Italy, coming from that territory, must undergo an antigenic or molecular swab by contacting the prevention departments.” The Health Minister spoke of a “precautionary measure” taken after a discussion with scientists and having had the opportunity to speak with colleagues from the main EU countries. The variant of Covid, recently discovered in London, “is worrying and will have to be investigated”, confessed Speranza, who yesterday afternoon had given the contribution to verify as far as possible the genomic sequences also in our country to understand if the new threat had already landed in Italy. Confirmed fear given that the Scientific Department of the Celio Military Polyclinic, which in this emergency is collaborating with theHigher Institute of Health, sequenced the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from a subject who tested positive for the variant found in recent weeks in Great Britain.
hope on the other hand, in a way he had anticipated the news by stating that “if the virus came from China, it is a lot likely may also come from Great Britain“And so it was. The decision to block air traffic was anticipated in the morning by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Luigi di maioHe flew to Qatar but informed of the events abroad. “The United Kingdom has raised the alarm and as a government we have a duty to protect and safeguard Italy and our compatriots”, words of the head of Farnesina before the suspension of flights.
At the moment, the data on the Covid mutation are not many. “We know that it is faster to spread, it does not seem to do more harm to individuals but a faster virus increases the number of infected,” explained Speranza, adding that from the first information it seems that vaccinations reached the final stage of the approval process (Pfizer and modern) “may also work in this variant, but it is information we need to make more robust.” Meanwhile, it is better to increase the guard level. For passengers on board flights that departed from the UK before the stopover, there is therefore a tightening of security measures. At Fiumicino airport “we have prepared a cushion for all arrivals of aircraft that are already in flight,” announced the governor of Lazio Zingaretti. The surveillance and control procedure is then activated, and the positives will be transferred to the Spallanzani hospital for follow-up. The situation in Naples is similar with the Campania region, which has organized extraordinary checks at the Capodichino airport. The passengers will be controlled and in any case the exit will be triggered quarantine to prevent the possible spread of the new variant of the virus.
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