Positive cases of the Omicron variant of Covid, discovered for the first time in South Africa, rise to two in Sardinia.
The passenger on the Rome - Alghero flight who tested positive after a trip to South Africa transmitted the virus to a close contact. Both patients are vaccinated and physically well.
On the other hand, there are no infected people among the 118 passengers who traveled on the same plane as the positive man. Ats Sardegna performed a second swab on all of them yesterday and today the results of the molecular analyzes were all negative.
"It is good to underline that the factors that prevented the contagion in airplanes were the ventilation system and the prevention measures adopted by the air transport operators - underline by the Prevention Department of the northern area of Ats Sardegna -. Together with scrupulous use. masks on the plane and vaccination which, in addition to avoiding the severe forms of Covid, evidently also reduces contagiousness ".
IN TOTAL - The confirmed cases in Italy of the Omicron variant therefore rise to 14 in total: in addition to the two in Sardinia, 7 in the cluster in Campania; 3 in Veneto; 1 respectively in Piedmont and Bolzano.
(Unioneonline / D)