(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 3 - The new more infectious Omicron
variant of the COVID-19 virus is not yet circulating in Italy,
outside the cluster that has been identified in Caserta north of
Naples, health ministry prevention chief Giani Rezza said
Friday.
"For now the Omicron variant is not circulating in Italy, apart
from the cluster that has been identified, and for now the
vaccine is covering the Delta variant well, which is the only
one circulating," he said.
A Caserta businessman came back from southern Africa with
Omicron and some of his children and their classmates have been
infected. (ANSA).
Omicron not yet circulating in Italy says health chief
Delta variant only one in circulation says Rezza