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The first patient in whom the Sars-Cov-2 virus genome was found for the first time in Italy with British variant She is an Italian woman and is in Rome, in isolation with her partner who returned from the UK a few days ago. It would have a strong viral load. The woman would have had a swab in recent days, probably on a car trip. His partner would also be positive and isolated: he had recently returned from the UK, where he was on business. Other family members and close contacts of the couple are also in quarantine.
The Ministry of Health, in a note, announced yesterday: “The Scientific Department of the Celio Military Polyclinic, which is collaborating with the Higher Institute of Health in this emergency, 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.“.
The minister Roberto Speranza, speaking in the transmission Half an hour more, commented that the variant of the coronavirus found in Great Britain has a “diffusion capacity of about 70% more significant“, thus explaining that”As a precautionary measure, we have decided to block flights to Great Britain, to give our scientists an opportunity to understand the extent of the virus we are facing.“. Speranza specified that it would not be a more serious variant than what we already know, but that it could spread faster, causing infections to increase rapidly.All this makes the precautionary and cautious measures taken these days even more important.“, stressed the minister.
Meanwhile, the last flight from the UK arrived in Fiumicino yesterday afternoon, following the decision of the air traffic closure with the country due to the spread of a particularly virulent new variant of Covid-19. Which would have been found mainly in London and in the south of England. Meanwhile, the level of concern is high across Europe. The United Kingdom has informed the World Health Organization about the peculiarities of the variant, mainly the fact that it can circulate faster. However, it is not yet clear whether it is more lethal or not.
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