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More than a month after the start of the route that supposedly would make the masks available throughout Italy and at a controlled price (for surgical ones) of 50 cents (+ VAT), the clash with the Commissioner for the emergency ignites. Domenico Arcuri. While the devices that protect against the virus are still missing from the market. Yesterday was a success and the response between Federfarma and Confindustria fashion, on the one hand, and Arcuri, on the other.
In almost all the pharmacies where they were delivered to reduced price, for example a Rome, the surgical masks are already finished. They have not yet been delivered to other major cities such as Milan and Turin. The enormous amounts promised, so the latter were in the availability of pharmacies, unfortunately did not arrive, he reported Marco Cossolo, president of Federfarma. I feel like saying that Arcuri highly recommended, pressed in turn Gianfranco Di Natale, general manager of institutional affairs of Confindustria moda.
It is not my fault, but that of distributors and pharmacists..Pharmacies – replied Arcuri – do not have the masks because two distribution companies have declared false since they do not have the 12 million masks that they claimed to have. And again: the maximum price was established in the exclusive interest of citizens. Those who today say that they do not have masks and that they need the Commissioner’s supplies, until a few weeks ago they had them and made citizens pay much more.
Meanwhile, for not found in the market. And not just them. There is a very strong shortage from north to south also from alcohol and gloves, complains Federfarma’s national secretary, Roberto Tobia. Raw materials have skyrocketed, suppliers have applied higher prices, and retailers are paying a very high purchase cost. a 100 Piece Glove Pack They offered us 22 euro, compared to 5 of the pre-Covid eraCossolo says.
Mask makers in Italy would be there, but not at the government-imposed price. Di Natale explains: The government asked us to create one. self-sufficient supply chain“For the production of masks: in 10 days we gather 200 companies and in 15 days we go into production. Today we have a total of 400 companies capable of launching 5 million pieces per week. I am referring to devices of the third type, those of the community, art. 16 second paragraph of the decree. So it is not surgical, indicated for medical use but highly requested by citizens in the pharmacy. While fashion was mobilizing, we found ourselves, on the one hand, with a price limited to 50 cents without anyone asking us for anything, and on the other we read in the newspapers that stocks arriving from China for the most part are uncertified. We have wasted time unnecessarily. Not to mention the fact that companies have invested in conversion production. And, indeed, fashion immediately protested as soon as we learned the price imposed. Protests that the commissioner had described as liberalist phrases from the sofa with a cocktail in hand.
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We don’t want to stir controversy, Di Natale says, just to emphasize the issues that we may not have paid attention to. the Masks resulting from the conversion They cost the producer, he explains, ranging from 45 to 60 cents, and were sold to retailers for around 90 cents. Therefore, the correct price for the public would be around 1,5 euros. It is mainly about washable models, therefore, reusable, in quality non-woven fabric, made according to the indications of the Cura Italia Decree. There is not only the question of price, but also sustainability says Di Natale. The 50 cents is for surgical masks, which have a life of 4 to 6 hours. If we imagine 40 million Italians who should use them, we must think of 60 million pieces a day. How do we get rid of them? Yesterday I went running to a park and I found them lying there.
May 11, 2020 (change May 11, 2020 | 10:49 pm)
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