Coronavirus, as of today 4 Lombard municipalities in the red zone | A new variant identified in Naples

The 4 municipalities of the red zone at least until February 24 “In relation to the appearance of contagion conglomerates in some Lombard municipalities, linked to the spread of variants of the virus”, reads a note, the president of the Region Attilio Fontana, after consulting the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, established with an Ordinance that the municipalities indicated “as of the 18th of Wednesday, February 17, the provisions of the so-called red band, already observed a few weeks ago throughout the regional territory, will be applied.”

The ordinance also foresees that the school and didactic activities of all classes of the primary and secondary schools of these municipalities are carried out exclusively at a distance. This suspension also applies to nurseries and kindergartens. The ordinance is valid until Wednesday, February 24.

The isolated variant in Naples Meanwhile, the isolation of a rare variant that occurred in Naples raises concern. In a note from the Campania Region, he explains that “the Pascale Institute and the Federico II University have identified another variant of Covid-19, never before identified in Italy.” “At the moment, the infectious power or other characteristics of this variant are unknown, as is the case with many rare variants of the virus. It is called B.1.525, and so far only 32 cases have been identified in Great Britain, and some cases in Nigeria, Denmark and the United States. Never before in Italy. “