GB variant: Lopalco, a case identified in Puglia – Ultima Ora



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(ANSA) – BARI, DEC 24 – “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 local services, the laboratory of the Polyclinic center di Bari of regional reference and the Zooprophylactic Institute of Puglia and Basilicata “: the Minister of Health Pier Luigi Lopalco announces this.

The Puglia case of Covid positivity from the Great Britain variant refers to a person who returned to Bari on December 19 from London. “The hyssop,” explains Lopalco, “was taken by a woman from Apulia who was returning from the United Kingdom on December 19. The so-called English variant arouses our attention from a scientific point of view, but at present it should not cause concern in citizens, because it is necessary first to check whether or not it is really more contagious than the variants that are already in circulation. “

“The surveillance system we have put in place – he observes – is proving to be effective in identifying and isolating these cases quickly. Molecular surveillance is always useful to analyze the dynamics of virus spread. In Puglia, for example, from at the end of the summer the Spanish population predominated, introduced in the region by the tourists from Apulia who were returning from Spain. ”(TAKE CARE OF).

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