COVID-19, Campania first by sequencing

The Campania is the only region in Italy that has created coordination that has enabled good sequencing on COVID-19.

The region has funded, with €7 million A number of research projects, including the sequencing project which brings together the scientific expertise of the the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) in Pozzuoli, of the national cancer institute ‘Fondazione Pascale’, ofDomenico Cotugno Hospital Naples and theSouthern Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute.

This has allowed Campania to be the first region in Italy for sequences deposited in the world reference database of infections (Gisaid.org). Campania in fact makes more than 50% of all the Italian sequencing and of these the 39% It is covered only by Tigem.

This is also making it possible to closely monitor the spread of the Delta variant. as stated to ANSA from Andrea Ballabio, Professor of Medical Genetics at the Federico II University of Naples and Director of the Tigem Institute, currently covers 77% of those who have COVID-19 in Campania’. The percentage emerges from the sequencing carried out at Tigem.

The €7 million for research and development projects in the field of improving epidemiology and public health is part of the Socio-Economic Emergency Plan The Campania Region has approved the proposal to address the serious situation that has arisen since the outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak. More than €1 billion (1,017 million) has been allocated to finance specific support measures for the health and research sector, families and the production system.