Omicron variant in Italy, 3 other cases detected

The cases discovered by Spallanzani of Rome are two women and a man: “We expected it, they are well and are in isolation” “Three cases of Omicron variant” of the covid have been detected by the Spallanzani Institute, “and it was the epidemiological investigation started immediately. ”This was announced by the Lazio Region Health Councilor, Alessio D’Amato. Specifically, they are two women, one coming from South Africa with an Ethiopian Airlines flight and bound for the province of Macerata. The second comes from France (Paris) and resides in Lazio. The third is a man, a Nigerian soldier on a mission and returning to his country. Read also The three cases are all fine and are in isolation. of the Seresmi (Regional Infectious Diseases Surveillance Service) epidemiological investigations and contact tracing. The cases have been notified to the national platform so that the health authorities of the other regions are alerted. The passenger lists of the affected flights are requested. “These cases were expected after raising the sequencing levels for the national alert, it was therefore only a factor of time, as the variant circulates. We are not worried, all the procedures have been activated to reconstruct the contact tree on which Seresmi is working continuously. All the ASLs are activated to monitor suspected cases and possibly send the samples for sequencing the virus to the Spallanzani Virology laboratory ”concludes the commissioner D’Amato.