Omicron Cluster Campanian Italy ex-Mozambique

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Campanian returned from Mozambique in isolation. Infected the whole family

https://www.italy24news.com/local/279548.html

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First confirmed case of variante Omicron in Italy. All ‘Sacco hospital in Milan, the genome of the virus that infected a citizen of Campania, placed in home isolation after having tested positive upon returning to Italy from Mozambique. Before being tested, the man infected his entire family of five. “A sequence has been identified in the ICoGen platform that can be traced back to what is now known as variant of concern (VOC) and defined yesterday by WHO as “omicron” “, says in a note theHigher Institute of Health. “The sequencing on the samples of the family contacts of the patient positive results and residents in the Campania region, whose laboratories have been alerted and are already working to obtain in a short time the genomic results ”, it reads.

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Seq released at GISAID

hCoV-19/Italy/LOM-Sacco_Var_T96348/2021

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3 Campanian seqs at GISAID

hCoV-19/Italy/CAM-COLLI-COTUGNO-C10119/2021 81F

hCoV-19/Italy/CAM-COLLI-COTUGNO-B10118/2021 8F

 

hCoV-19/Italy/CAM-COLLI-COTUGNO-A10117/2021 77F