"In Italy the percentage of the Omicron variant is growing strongly, which from an estimate based on the preliminary analyzes of the swabs collected for the rapid survey on December 20 could be around 28%".

Thus the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, which reports the data of an analysis based on about 2 thousand swabs collected in 18 regions.

According to the first rumors, the data show "strong regional variability".

Even if the results are still preliminary, "the estimate confirms the great speed of diffusion of the variant, which seems to give very widespread outbreaks in a short time and is about to become a majority in a short time, as is already happening in several other European countries" he explains. the president of the ISS Silvio Brusaferro.

"On the basis of the available data, the weapons available are vaccination, with a timely third dose, and individual and collective measures to limit the spread of the virus, masks to limit contacts and gatherings".

(Unioneonline / vl)

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