Coronavirus, from today 4 Lombard municipalities in the red zone | A new variant identified in Naples

The 4 municipalities in the red zone at least until 24 February “In relation to the emergence of clusters of contagion in some Lombard municipalities, linked to the spread of variants of the virus”, reads a note, the President of the Region Attilio Fontana, after consulting the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, established with a ordinance that in the municipalities indicated “starting from 18 on Wednesday 17 February, the provisions foreseen in the so-called red band will be applied, already observed a few weeks ago on the entire regional territory”.

The ordinance also provides that the school and didactic activities of all the classes of primary and secondary schools in these municipalities are carried out exclusively at a distance. This suspension also applies to nursery schools and kindergartens. The ordinance is valid until Wednesday 24 February.

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The isolated variant in Naples Meanwhile, the isolation of a rare variant that took place in Naples raises concern. In a note from the Campania Region he explains that “the Pascale Institute and the Federico II University have identified another variant of Covid-19, never identified before in Italy”. “At the moment, the power of infection or other characteristics of this variant are not known, as happens for many rare variants of the virus. It is called B.1.525, and so far only 32 cases have been identified in Great Britain, and a few cases in Nigeria, Denmark and the United States. Never before in Italy “.

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