The 211 passengers - plus 3 children - on board the flight from New Delhi arriving tonight in Rome will be taken to two facilities in the capital for swabs and further checks on the possible presence of cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus, according to what is learned from sources of the national civil protection. In particular, 50 will go to the military citadel of Cecchignola, the others to a Covid hotel. A coordination meeting was held on the subject with the Lazio Regional Civil Protection, according to what is learned. "USCAR teams are alerted and working to swab the arrival of the flight from India to Fiumicino. But there are areas where controlled quarantines are carried out, such as barracks". Thus the councilor for health of the Lazio Region Alessio D 'Loved about passengers on a flight arriving from India at Fiumicino airport. Passengers will all be subjected to swabs and, in case of positive, they will have to be quarantined also because in order to detect the presence of variants, in particular the Indian one, time is needed to sequence the swabs.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Draghi has announced a health support mission to India. "I would like to express my profound closeness to the Indian people for the suffering caused by the new wave of the pandemic. Italy will not fail to support in this difficult time. We have offered, through the Department of Civil Protection, availability to send an oxygen production system, made available by the Piedmont Region, which can be used to supply a traditional or field hospital. We will also send a team of specialized personnel to ensure its correct implementation ". The Italian health care mission to India, announced by Prime Minister Mario Draghi in support of that country hard hit by Covid,it will be able to start - explain government sources - once accepted by the European Civil Protection Mechanism. The mission will be coordinated within the Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union and carried out thanks to the collaboration between the Civil Protection, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Defense-Joint Operational Command (COI) and the Extraordinary Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency.Ministry of Defense - Joint Operational Command (COI) and Extraordinary Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency.Ministry of Defense - Joint Operational Command (COI) and Extraordinary Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency.
