Milan, Jan 3
The research found the variant very contagious in the sewer systems of 14 of the 20 regions of the country between December 19th and on December 25, the ISS declared, against a single region earlier in the month.
Omicron has been found in 28.4% of 282 sewage samples.
“SARS-COV-2 environmental surveillance in wastewater is an essential tool, in addition to epidemiological surveillance, to understand the evolution of the pandemic,” said the Coordinator of the Giuseppina study. The Rosa.
The European Union has promoted the usefulness of wastewater monitoring in the detection of coronavirus mutations. Read more
Italy also conducts the death-based investigations to detect OMICRON, the most recent of December 23, making rapid spread.
Italy, the first Western country to be struck by the pandemic early last year, saw new infections increase considerably in recent weeks. Overall, he recorded 137,786 deaths related to the virus and reported 6.4 million cases.
The country recorded 68,052 new cases on Monday, compared with 61,046 days before, while the daily death of coronavirus-related deaths reached 140 of 133.