Patient zero's wife and two children also tested positive for the Omicron variant.
This was announced by the Campania Region at the end of the sequencing relating to the Campania patient from southern Africa and the direct contacts he had on his return to Italy.
The rapid sequencing was possible thanks to tools that with NGS technology, which are equipped with the laboratory of the Cotugno Hospital, which allow the processing and evaluation of the viral genome in its entirety within 24 hours;
The 4 patients have no relevant symptoms confirming the action produced by the vaccine.