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Zaia press point December 26
Luca Zaia returns live today, Saturday, December 26, at 12.30 from the Civil Protection headquarters in Marghera to update himself on the coronavirus situation in Veneto. Worrying is theRt, the transmissibility index: according to the latest surveys, in Veneto it reaches 1.11 (the highest in Italy and, with Molise, the only region above 1). In contrast, the national data for RT are 0.9. The ISS Prevention Director, Gianni Rezza, stated that “in the most affected areas The opportunity to adopt more restrictive measures may be considered.».
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ZAIA, THE ENGLISH VARIANT OF COVID FOUND IN VENETO
Governor Zaia announced that the English virus has been found in Veneto. “On Christmas Eve, scholars and researchers worked and discovered that the English variant is also present in our region. We have confirmation that the summer virus was not the same one that has been circulating for a few months “
RICCI, A CASE IN VICENZA
Doctor Ricci, director of the Venice Zooprophylactic Institute, presents the first data of the study: «There are 37 viruses isolated in Veneto in November and in these we found eight variants of Sars-Covid 2. However, there is no English variant in the viruses isolated in November . In the last few days we have had five patient samples that had ties to the UK: two in Treviso and one in Vicenza (Ulss 8 Berica) tested positive for the English variant. In Veneto we find unique variants, also characterized by high contagion, which could explain the number of infections in Veneto. The obvious thing is that the viruses of the first wave are different from those of the second.
RIGOLI, QUICK TESTS ALSO WORK WITH THIS VARIANT
the Dr. Rigoli, director of the microbiology and virology unit in Treviso: «What we said this summer about the virus now finds new confirmation. What we have configured will be very useful at Italian and international level because we will always put the data in transparency. All patients positive for the English variant had taken the rapid test and were positive. This means that the The quick test also works for this variant.».
THE THREE POSITIVES OF THE ENGLISH VARIANT
Regarding the three patients found positive for the English variant of Covid, the Dr. Russo specifies: «It is about young people. Two are students, the third is in their early forties. They are not related to each other. They are people who have returned from Great Britain: because they were not very well, fever and fatigue, they did a rapid test and then the molecular swab and they came back positive. The swabs were sequenced and the English variant was identified. They were placed in isolation: swabs were also made for close contacts and all but one tested negative (this is the close contact of the Vicenza patient). They are all currently in quarantine ”
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