English variant coronavirus, first positive Italian: landed in Fiumicino, isolated in Celio

Italy has not yet entered the red zone of Christmas and the ghost of the new Covid is already haunting, the British variant of the virus, much more contagious than the normal one, already characterized in itself by a high speed of spread. A novelty that immediately prompted the government to suspend air connections with the United Kingdom and increase controls on arrivals, imposing mattresses and quarantines even for those who are already in the national territory. The Sars-Cov2 mutation, in fact, although it no longer seems lethal, can increase the already high number of infected, with the consequent greater pressure on hospital and intensive care wards.

First Italian positive to the English variant

The Scientific Department of the Celio Military Polyclinic, which in this emergency collaborates with the Istituto Superiore della Sanità, has sequenced the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from a subject who tested positive for the variant found in recent weeks in Great Britain. The patient and his partner, who returned from the United Kingdom in recent days with a flight landed at Fiumicino airport, are in isolation and have followed, together with other relatives and close contacts, all the procedures established by the Ministry of Health ”. . This was announced by a note from the ministry.

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Ordinance signed by Speranza

The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, signed an ordinance that from today for flights to and from Great Britain until January 6, “a precautionary measure to understand the magnitude of the problem,” he explained, taken “after a confrontation with our scientists, who will have to know the situation, in contact with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the British government. ”But the English variant of the virus” is worrying and we choose the path of maximum caution, “admitted Speranza. For now, the focus is on strict controls and the situation is monitored: in case of aggravation, a tightening of the measures is not excluded.

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English variant, the new rules

Checks are being carried out to determine if the new Covid is already circulating in Italy. “All this makes the precautionary and cautionary measures taken in recent days even more important,” said the minister in reference to the soft closure for the holidays. Until December 9, rubbing was mandatory when arriving in Italy from Great Britain (and other European countries); However, as of December 10, according to the Dpcm of December 3, whoever entered our country had to present the negative result of a molecular or antigenic swab performed in the previous 48 hours. Therefore, it was no longer possible to test on arrival. Failure to present the negative swab automatically triggered the quarantine.

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Buffers in Fiumicino

As of today, however, a ban on flying to and from the UK is in effect. For passengers arriving on the last flights, the shock absorber has been restored at the airport. This was ordered by Lazio President Nicola Zingaretti for the Roman airports of Fiumicino and Ciampino. The people who disembarked today and were positive will be transferred to the Spallanzani hospital, one of the protagonists of the national response to Covid-19, “for the monitoring and study of the possible variant of Covid.” In Naples, on the other hand, mandatory quarantine for those arriving at the Capodichino airport, decided the Crisis Unit of the Region. Mandatory two-week isolation also for 136 passengers on a flight that landed in Pescara from London. In any case, “anyone who is already in Italy from Great Britain – said Speranza – must undergo an antigenic or molecular swab by contacting the prevention departments.”

Check in Fumicino

Covid, flights blocked by Great Britain: buffers in Fiumicino for passengers of the last plane landed

Quarantine in Campania

The Crisis Unit of the Campania Region has ordered, with immediate effect, extraordinary controls at the Capodichino airport in Naples, “pending governmental actions related to the ban on the entry into Italy of citizens of the United Kingdom”. The passengers will be examined and quarantined in any case “to avoid the possible spread of a new variant of the virus.” The measures take effect immediately.

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France does shield

France blocks flights and other connections to and from the UK from midnight today for at least 48 hours. The French Ministry of Transport announced the announcement in the Paris government statement that the 48-hour suspension applies “to all movements of people, including those related to the transport of goods, by road, air, sea and rail. from the UK from midnight on Sunday 20 December “

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