“A new variant of Omicron, called XJ was isolated for the first time in Italy from a laboratory in Reggio Calabria.
XJ was isolated from the laboratory of the provincial health authority of Reggio Calabria, directed by Maria Teresa Fiorillo, in two cases of coronavirus positive subjects, and the results were sent to the Higher Institute of Health (Iss) which validated them.
XJ is a recombination of the Omicron sub-variants BA.1 and BA.2 and so far was known only for a limited number of cases recorded at the end of last March in Finland.”
