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The red zone will start on Thursday but there is already a new ghost haunting Italy: the new Covid variant, much more contagious than the normal one. A novelty that immediately prompted the government to suspend air connections with the United Kingdom and increase controls on arrivals, imposing mattresses and quarantines even for those who are already in the national territory.
But the tightening of transport is a measure adopted by many other countries. And the variant has already arrived in Italy. A couple is in solitary confinement in Rome. Positive a woman (first case registered in Italy), whose partner, of British origin, has returned from the United Kingdom in recent days.
The woman is well and asymptomatic, she is not hospitalized but is isolated with her partner at her home in the Rome area. The partner is also positive and asymptomatic and had returned from the UK a few days ago but the variant has not yet been confirmed. Your partner, on the other hand, has a strong viral load. Element, the latter, that would have helped to sequence the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with the variant found in recent weeks in Great Britain.
The Sars-Cov2 mutation, although it no longer appears lethal, may increase the already high number of infected., which puts more pressure on hospital rooms and intensive care.
The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, signed an ordinance that from yesterday for flights to and from Great Britain until January 6, “a precautionary measure to understand the magnitude of the problem,” he explained, taken “after a confrontation with our scientists, who will have to know the situation, in contact with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the British government ”.
But the English variant of the virus “is worrisome and we choose the path of utmost caution,” Speranza admitted.. For now, the focus is on strict controls and the situation is monitored: in case of aggravation, a tightening of the measures is not excluded.
Until December 9, rubbing was mandatory when arriving in Italy from Great Britain (and other European countries); However, as of December 10, according to the Dpcm of December 3, whoever entered our country had to present the negative result of a molecular or antigenic swab performed in the previous 48 hours. Therefore, it was no longer possible to test on arrival. Failure to present the negative swab automatically triggered the quarantine. Since yesterday the ban on flying to and from the UK has been in force. For passengers arriving on the last flights, the shock absorber has been restored at the airport.
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