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“We have identified the first case of covid in Apulia with a strain that has the so-called English variant. The result of this work is the result of a collaboration between the territorial services, the laboratory of the regional reference center Policlinico di Bari and the Zooprofiláctico Institute of Puglia and Basilicata ”: announced by the Councilor for Health Pier Luigi Lopalco.
“The hyssop was taken by an Apulian woman returning from the UK on December 19. The so-called English variant arouses our attention from a scientific point of view, but for the moment it should not concern citizens, since it is first necessary to check whether it is actually more contagious or not than the variants that are already in circulation. The surveillance system we have put in place is proving to be effective in quickly identifying and isolating these cases. Molecular surveillance is always useful to analyze the dynamics of virus spread. In Apulia, for example, from the end of the summer the Spanish population was the predominant one, introduced into the region by Apulian tourists returning from Spain ”.
Assessment continues for all returns from Great Britain according to national regulations. The ASL prevention departments of Bari and Brindisi have initiated calls for molecular testing of the 1,215 passengers returning from Great Britain arriving at the airports in Bari and Brindisi.
The IT areas of the two ASLs have developed a system through which users, tracked through airline directories, receive an email or text message with a link inside that allows them to access a direct system of buffer reserve. , after completing the procedure with other personal information.
The swabs will continue on December 28, 29 and 30: in Bari from 14 to 18, in two places within the Fiera del Levante and in Brindisi from 9 to 13 on the Perrino hospital tour.
The detection of returns from Great Britain is in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Health ordinance for which “persons who are in the national territory and who in the fourteen days prior to the ordinance have remained or transited in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, although asymptomatic, are obliged to immediately report the entry into the national territory to the Prevention Department of the local health authority and undergo molecular or antigenic tests, which will be carried out by means of a swab “.
