In Italy, the first case of the new covid-variant omicron was detected in a man in the Naples area, who returned from Mozambique, the Higher Institute of Health (ISS) announced.
"The laboratory of the Saco Hospital in Milan, specialized in infectious diseases, sequenced the genome from a positive sample of a patient who came from Mozambique," ISS said.
"The patient and his family members are in good health. Sequencing of samples taken from family members living in the Campania region is scheduled," adds ISS, citing Hina.
On Friday, Italy banned the entry of all persons who "have been in South Africa in the last 14 days".
In addition, all flights from that region are prohibited.
The government requires that all persons who have been in South Africa in the last 14 days and are already on Italian soil, report immediately to health institutions, to do a molecular test, remain in quarantine for 10 days and then repeat the test.
Italy, like the whole of Europe, is experiencing an increase in the number of newly infected with covid-19 and is trying to protect itself in every way.
On Wednesday, the Italian government decided to speed up vaccination with a third, booster dose of the vaccine and introduce restrictions for the unvaccinated.
Italy, which has more than 133.000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, has had more than 10.000 new infections per day in recent days, and on Saturday there were 12.877.
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