Italy detects new variant of coronavirus

 

Reported from TASS, that, according to the La Repubblica newspaper, this variant was detected in a local man, who became infected about two months ago.

The paper says that the patient at the age of 50 suffered from many pathologies and died, however, according to the head of the laboratory, microbiologist

 

Vittorio Sambri, the cause of the death was not a new variant of the coronavirus.

 

So, this variant has not yet been registered in Italy, although it has already been seen in the UK.