(ANSA) - ROME, APR 8 - A new variant of the Omicron strain of
the COVID-19 virus, called Xj, has been isolated for the first
time in Italy by a laboratory in Reggio Calabria.
The variant is "equivalent to Xe", the lab said.
Xj is a recombination of sub-variants of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2
and had hitherto been known only for a limited number of cases
registered in Finland at the end of March. (ANSA).
COVID: New Omicron strain isolated for 1st time in Italy
Detected by Reggio Calabria lab, only a few cases in Finland