Local media “The first infected person entered Korea on the 12th and moved freely for two weeks”
There is a possibility that local infection has already progressed… Concentrate on identifying the route of infection
There is a growing concern about the spread of a new mutation called ‘Omicron’ in Italy.
According to local media such as Sky News, the wife and two children of a man who was first diagnosed with Omicron infection in Italy on the 27th (local time) also tested positive for the mutant virus.
They are said to be self-isolating with no symptoms.
Italian health authorities are paying attention to the route of movement of the first infected patient and are closely monitoring the possibility of additional infections.
The man, known as an employee of Eni, Italy’s largest energy company, is said to have stayed in Mozambique for work and temporarily returned home for regular health check-ups.
According to a Sky News report, he left Mozambique’s capital Maputo on the 12th and arrived at Rome Fiumicino International Airport, and then moved to a village near Naples in southern Naples where he resides.
Then we went to northern Milan, where there is a scheduled medical check-up hospital.
At that time, he rented a car and used hotels and restaurants.
If this report is correct, it means that he traveled long distances with his daily life without knowing about the infection for about two weeks until the confirmation of Omicron was confirmed in the Corona 19 checkup he received to return to Maputo.
Considering the transmission power of Omicron, which is known so far, this suggests the possibility of additional infections outside the family.
The route of infection of this man is currently unknown.
According to the company’s announcement, he tested negative for COVID-19 before boarding the flight to Rome.
If the results of this test are correct, it means that you were infected in Korea on a flight to Rome or after arriving at Fiumicino Airport.
In the former case, a large-scale mass infection is inevitable, and in the latter case, it means that local infection of Omicron is already in progress.
Of course, it is difficult to rule out the possibility that there is an error in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in Maputo.
Italian health authorities are conducting a detailed epidemiological investigation to determine the source of the man’s infection while securing a list of passengers on the same flight as the man and checking for infection.
/yunhap news
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