The new Dpcm is in the pipeline, meanwhile the infections continue to rise and in Brescia the Nigerian variant has been isolated. According to data released by the Ministry of Health, in fact, the new positive cases today 17.083, yesterday the positives were 13.114. There are 343 new deaths (yesterday 246). The total cases since the beginning of the epidemic are 2.955.434, the deaths 98.288.
The currently positive are 430.996 (+6.663 compared to yesterday), the healed and discharged 2.426.150 (+10.057). In the last 24 hours, 335.983 swabs (molecular and antigenic) were carried out; yesterday the tests were just 170.633. Today's positivity rate is nearly 5,1 percent, up from 7,6 percent yesterday.
The infections continue to rise, the Nigerian variant isolated
The Nigerian variant of Covid has been isolated in Brescia. "For the first time in Italy we have isolated the virus carrying these mutations that are of concern because they could confer resistance to the anti Covid vaccines available today". This was reiterated by Arnaldo Caruso, president of the Italian Society of Virology and director of the Microbiology Laboratory of Asst Spedali Civili in Brescia. The Lombard city has been in the strengthened orange zone for a week and will remain so for another week.
"From the last survey, which ended on March XNUMX, from the analysis of the variants on positive swabs causally extracted by the Lombard laboratories, it is highlighted that the variant English it is equal to 64 per cent of sampling on a regional basis. Among the various laboratories that participated there is a range that varies from 43 percent to 86 percent ". This was stated by the vice president and councilor for welfare of the Lombardy Region, Letizia Moratti,
Press conference on the new Dpcm
Palazzo Chigi informs that the ministers for regional affairs and health, Mariastella Gelmini and Roberto Speranza, will hold this afternoon at 18.45 pm a press conference to illustrate the new measures of the Dpcm. These are the new government provisions to deal with the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19. The meeting with the journalists will be attended by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, and the president of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli.
