Covid emergency: a new variant of Coronavirus has been discovered in Great Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands and also in Australia. This was announced by the WHO to the BBC. This is an emergency in the emergency that has led the Italian government to suspend flights with Great Britain.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health makes it known that today they have been registered 15.104 new positive cases (yesterday 16.308), while new deaths are 352 (yesterday 553). The discharged healed are 12.156 (yesterday 23.3.84); overall the positive cases in our country are 622760, in practice 2.594 more than yesterday.
Infections with the new variant of the virus are increasing
“The UK has sounded the alarm about a new form of Covid that would be the result of a mutation in the virus. As a government - Di Maio remarked - we have a duty to protect the Italians, for this reason, after having warned the British government, with the Ministry of Health we have decided to suspend flights with Great Britain. Our priority is to protect Italy and our compatriots ".
New variant of the Coronavirus
British health minister Matt Hancock told Sky News that the new variant identified in the UK is "out of control". The Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza he has declared: "It is a variant that makes the virus faster. Initial information says that it does not seem to do more damage but produces more infections and this remains a very serious problem. From very first information it seems that vaccines can work just the same but more solid information is needed.
I have instructed our offices to verify the genomic sequences in our country, we absolutely must do all the necessary checks. I signed a new ordinance that blocks flights departing from Great Britain and prohibits the entry into Italy of those who have passed through it in the last 14 days. Anyone who is already in Italy, coming from that territory, is required to undergo an antigenic or molecular swab by contacting the prevention departments. The Covid variant, recently discovered in London - concludes Speranza - is worrying and will have to be investigated by our scientists. In the meantime, let's choose the path of maximum prudence ”.
WHO: strengthen controls
THEWHO Europe asks countries to "strengthen controls" after the discovery in Great Britain of a new variant of Covid-19, which would spread faster. L'WHO it also recommends its members to "increase sequencing capacity" of the virus to understand more about the risks posed by the variant. The "preliminary information" on the Covid variant suggests that "it could also affect the effectiveness of some diagnostic methods", in addition to the fact that "it could be more contagious". This was explained by a spokesman for WHO Europe, however clarifying that at the moment there is "no evidence of a change in the severity of the disease". The WHO, however, "will provide more information as soon as it has a clearer view of the characteristics of this variant"
