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As of Monday, November 16, in Piedmont there will be 12 active hospots in which rapid smears will be performed upon reservation by the GP. Therefore, the number of citizens who will be able to perform rapid nasopharyngeal swabs in one of the dedicated hotspots established in the regional territory is expanding.
The president of the Piedmont Region Alberto Cirio Cirio and the regional advisor of Covid Research Matteo Marnati explain: “We continue to strengthen the laboratory and hotspot machine to accelerate the diagnosis and certification of cures.”
Nasopharyngeal rapid test results are available approximately 15 minutes after execution. In case of positivity, the isolation measures provided for by the health protocol are activated immediately and, immediately in the hotspot, molecular swabbing is performed to confirm positivity (except for close contacts of already established Covid cases for which, As provided by the Ministry of Health circular, in the event of a positive rapid swab, the validity of the test is immediate and is uploaded directly to the regional Covid platform).
“These days, new dedicated points for rapid tests have been added to all the hot spots for molecular swabs in Piedmont – says Matteo Marnati, Regional Research Councilor of Covid -. We continue to improve the machinery of the laboratories and hotspots to test as many people as possible, with the great commitment of the doctors and nurses who work in our Asl ”. In these days, another 4 laboratories have been added to process molecular swabs to the 28 already existing in Piedmont, for a total of 32 (21 public and 11 private).
In addition to the “drive” with active car access since yesterday at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, it will be possible to carry out the rapid antigen test at 11 other points (accessible by car or on foot):
- Novara in viale Roma 7
- Vercelli in Long Giusti Outpatient 13
- Nizza Monferrato (Asti), piazza Garibaldi 14
- Omegna (Vco), via November 4 294
- Orbassano (Turin) in the university educational center of the Gonzole region 10
- Avigliana (Turin), Via Sant’Agostino 5
- Carmagnola (Turin) piazza Manzoni 10
- Cavagnolo (Turin) at the sports center, via XXIV Maggio 35
- Moncalieri (Turin), Via Vittime di Bologna 20
- Pinerolo (Turin), Viale grande Torino 7
- Venaria Reale (Turin) via Don Sapino 152
“In August – explains the president of the Piedmont Region Alberto Cirio – with a tender held together with the Veneto region, we bought almost two and a half million quick swabs for our public health system. We are using them primarily to keep our nursing homes and nursing homes safe, monitoring all their guests and employees every two weeks, but also to expedite the diagnosis and certification of cures, in order to support and lighten the system of laboratories and Sisp. and give a more immediate response to all citizens who need a swab ”.
