Coronavirus, quick swabs arrive at the pharmacy Apss announcement: reserved for those with symptoms



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Within this week, those with symptoms that could be related to Covid will be able to know very quickly if they have contracted the dreaded virus or if it is something else. Thanks to the contacts between the Sanitary Company and the Pharmacies, in fact, in a few days the experimentation will be launched that foresees being able to carry out rapid antigenic swabs also in three pharmacies. As soon as the model is fully operational, the possibility of performing this test will be extended to all pharmacies that request it.

The announcement was made yesterday by the director of the health company Pierpaolo Benetollo. ‘The procedure is the same as for the molecular buffer, change the reagent. While the former must be analyzed in the laboratory and takes some time, these new texts can be read immediately. ‘ In the presence of symptoms, the family should continue to contact their GP or pediatrician if the children are ill and once the prescription is obtained they can reserve the quick swab at the drive-through or at identified pharmacies for the pilot test. In the future, these tests may be performed at all pharmacies that give their availability.

«The tests are free for citizens. At the moment we have 20,000 tests available, but the supply is continuous and we are participating in a tender for a company in Veneto. Therefore, we do not believe there are any shortage issues with this tampon. If the test is negative, as it appears in most cases, there are no problems, otherwise the data will be entered into a system that then provides for the alert of the services that are in charge of performing the molecular swab and tracing the contacts ” , Benetollo explained, specifying that these tests are especially accurate when performed from the day after the symptom onset to 7 days later.

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