Covid, Italy suspends flights with the United Kingdom. Esperanza: “The new variant is faster, but the vaccine seems to work”

“It doesn’t seem to do any more harm to the individual, but it does spread faster and this means more infections and it’s a problem. “In the hours when even Italy decide to stop flights with UK after the fears raised by the new variant of the virus (N501Y), the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, while specifying that these are “the first information“, He points out that” it would seem that vaccinations that are in the terminal phase and that must be approved by theMother December 21 can work Equally also in this variant but it is information that we still have to make more solid ”. However, Speranza warns that “anyone who is already in Italy, coming from that territory, must undergo buffer antigenic or molecular by contacting the prevention departments “.

Measure precautionary of the stopover for incoming and outgoing flights announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi di maio, aims to “understand the scope of problemAnd it came “after a confrontation with ours scientists“Now, he continued hope, the experts “will have to understand the situation, contact who and British government. The only information we have is this on the ability to spread faster. ” However, the minister does not hide fears about the mutation discovered in England, which “is worrying and will have to be investigated by our scientists. In the meantime, let us choose the path of maximum prudence ”.

Regarding the presence of the variant in Italy, hope He explained that he “gave the input to our offices to verify as much as possible the genomic sequences also in our country” to verify it. On the other hand, he admits, “risk is possible. If the virus came from China, it is very likely that it could also come from Britain. In these hours, therefore, we must do all the checks of the case and also check carefully what happens in ours country“.

“Let’s protect Italy” – The Chancellor announced the blocking of flights Luigi di maio, who wrote on Facebook: “The UK sounded the alarm about a new way of COVID-19 which would be the result of a mutation in the virus. As government – He continued – we have a duty to protect Italians, that is why, after having notified the British government, with the Ministry of Health we are about to sign the provision to suspend flights with the Britain. Our priority is to protect Italy and our compatriots. ”The decision comes within hours of the similar election of others. European countries, who have decided to cut ties with UK to contain the contagion. Therefore, all flights between Italy and Great Britain are suspended, both in arrival to go.