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In Apulia, two other cases of virus of the so-called English variant have been identified and are added to the first case identified yesterday (December 24). “The work against the coronavirus and for the protection of health did not stop even on Christmas Day. The most significant news today is that the institute for experimental zooprophylaxis has managed to isolate the virus corresponding to this strain, a fact of great scientific importance. We take this opportunity to express our applause to those who have carried out these analyzes successfully and to all the health personnel who continue their activities incessantly even in these days ”. This was announced by the president of the Puglia Region Michele Emiliano and the health counselor Pier Luigi Lopalco.
On December 21 and 22, swabs from two patients from Apulia, from the United Kingdom and positive in the Covid test, were received at the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Puglia and Basilicata. Both swabs were tested for virus isolation in Vero E6 cells and viral genome sequencing.
“On December 24 – explain Antonio Fasanella general director of the Zooprophylactic Institute and Antonio Parisi, head of the Genetics laboratory of the Putignano section – for one of the samples an extensive cytopathic effect on cells and the Real Time Pcr test isolation of Today, the analysis of the sequences obtained in both samples revealed the presence of a viral genotype corresponding to the so-called English variant of SARS Cov2. The sequences of the complete genome of the two viruses will be deposited in the public database and placed available to the international scientific community. The isolated viral strain was frozen in aliquots and is available to any legally authorized scientific group for further studies on this particular variant. “