Delta variant in Sassari, 15 cases confirmed

Fifteen cases of Delta variant in Sassari. The confirmation comes from the university hospital (Aou) of the Sardinian city. “Confirmed in Sassari the presence of 15 cases of the Delta variant, in the 15 suspected swabs that, in recent days, had shown a different reaction from that typical of the English variant. The laboratory of Microbiology and Virology directed by Salvatore Rubino, for this reason, had decided to subject them to sequencing for their identification “, he reports in a note underlining that of the positive results found” 14 are linked to a single cluster while one refers to a patient who arrived from abroad “. “After a pre-screening test on three swabs, moreover, the laboratory – the note continues – recorded a highly suspected positive Covid for the Brazilian variant. For this reason, sequencing activities were started. Yesterday, finally, the university hospital of Sassari with the laboratory of Microbiology and Virology participated in the day of ‘national surveillance’ which was announced monthly by the Higher Institute of Health to assess the incidence of variants throughout the territory “.