The first case in Italy of the Omicron variant has been ascertained
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Covid, the first photo of Omicron from a research group of the Child Jesus
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November 28, 2021 With the arrival of the new variant, citizens need "responsibility" and "we on our part will carry out all the necessary checks". The Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, announces on Radio 24 that tomorrow she will meet "the prefects, the police chief, the general commands of the Guardia di Finanza and the Carabinieri to prepare a plan that the prefects can then implement in the territories". "If we want to live a Christmas period in serenity - he says - we must do our part".
Third doses and precautions
As for the Omicron variant of Covid-19, "it will now be necessary to understand quickly whether it involves greater contagiousness", but "at the moment it seems that vaccines maintain the strength that has saved us so far, so it is even more important that the third dose is carried out as soon as possible ", and" it is even more important that citizens keep precautions, such as the use of masks and distance ", said the Minister of the Interior, appealing to everyone's" cooperation ".