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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The first Italian to test positive for the omicron variant had a negative test before his flight and moved around Italy for days before his diagnosis, showing the challenge authorities face in containing the spread of the new strain.<\/p>\n

The man, who hasn\u2019t been publicly identified, had a negative PCR test before boarding a flight that originated in Maputo, Mozambique, he said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He arrived in Rome on Nov. 12 and travelled to his home in a town north of Naples, Sky News Italia reported, without saying where it got the information.<\/p>\n

Days later, the man, an employee of the oil company Eni SpA, flew to Milan for a previously scheduled medical exam.<\/p>\n

There, he rented a car, stayed overnight at a hotel, and ate in a restaurant, before driving the next morning to a hospital for the procedure, according to Sky.<\/p>\n

Eni confirmed in a statement that the man was an employee who\u2019d tested negative before leaving Mozambique.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the entire trip I respected social distancing and barrier norms known to all,\u201d the man said in his statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to San Donato Milanese for the prescribed company health checks, and at the same time also took a new Covid PCR test needed for my flight back to Maputo,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving been told the test was positive, I travelled to my home in Caserta, avoiding all contact with third parties, to begin the prescribed quarantine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other five members of his family \u2014 the man\u2019s wife, two children, mother and mother-in-law, have also tested positive for Covid. Investigators are seeking to confirm whether they, too, have the omicron variant.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering my family, which includes men and women aged from 8 to 81, and the mild symptoms we experienced in these 10 days, I can say that I am happy to have been vaccinated since the vaccine worked very well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The case indicates that omicron has been in Europe for at least two weeks and highlights the weakness of testing regimes designed to identify Covid cases before travellers board flights.<\/p>\n

In the Netherlands, which requires pre-flight testing to enter the country, 61 people on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested positive after landing, with 13 of those having the omicron variant and the other cases still under review, health authorities said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Omicron, which may be more contagious and resistant to vaccines than previous strains, has arrived in Europe at time when cases of the delta variant are raging. Countries including Austria, the Netherlands and Germany had already moved to tighten Covid restrictions.<\/p>\n

Governments across the world implemented travel bans on southern African countries in the past few days in hopes of buying time to contain the spread that\u2019s already been identified in a handful of European countries.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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