COVID-19: Omicron accounts for over 95% of Italy's cases

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 28 - The Omicron variant of COVID-19 accounted for 95.8% of the cases registered in Italy on January 17, with the once-dominant Delta strain down to 4.2%, according to a flash survey by the Higher Health Institute (ISS) and the health ministry together with the regional laboratories and the Bruno Kessler Foundation. (ANSA).