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Published on: 12/23/2020 12:47 PM

The English variant of Covid-19 was detected in a Loreto family of three, who last Friday decided to undergo a molecular swab because they were battling a bad cold. Four days later the verdict arrived: one of the relatives tested positive for Covid, affected by the British variant. This was reported by the ‘Corriere Adriatico’ and confirmed by Adnkronos Salute Michele Caporossi, director of Riuniti di Ancona.

Across the Canal, the new strain is spreading at an exponential rate. In Italy, for now, only two cases have been registered. One in Rome, a 42-year-old working in London, the other in the province of Ancona. To detect the English variant, the Virology laboratory of the Torrette district hospital, directed by Stefano Menzo. “We conducted a survey among the samples collected in the last week and we identified not the entire viral genome, but a partial sequence,” explains the specialist. From the small portion we have the well-founded suspicion that it is the English variant, even if it is to isolate the virus it will still take a few days “.

The patient from the Marche region does not present any particular symptoms, apart from a cold: he is now isolated with his two relatives, but did not require hospitalization. They certainly have not been to England recently, so there would be no connection with the British country: the Asur has launched an epidemiological investigation to map the contagion.