According to foreign media reports, a town of 1,400 people in northern Italy has recently experienced an outbreak of infection with the British variant of the virus. 140 people have been diagnosed, 60% of whom are elementary school and kindergarten students who have returned Home to re-infect their families.
The comprehensive foreign media reports, located in the northern Italian province of Brescia Corzano town (Corzano) outbreak of mutant virus cluster infection, starting from teacher-student contact, the students then home to infect their families, although only one of the 140 confirmed patients have been hospitalized, most people are asymptomatic, but the health bureau said that the 14 samples for genome sequencing found that 14 are British mutant virus. Experts warned that the threat of Variant viruses should not be underestimated.
The report mentioned that experts said that the overall number of cases has recently decreased due to restrictions on activities such as the Christmas and New Year holidays, but signs of growth in some areas may indicate the presence of new variant viruses, and it is recommended that genome sequencing be performed when an unusual spike in new cases is detected.
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