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Bologna, November 6, 2020 – They arrived at Emilia romagna I quick swabs to locate the Coronavirus, useful to know if it is positive for Covid-19 in fifteen minutes to perform the test. So here’s a million antigenic tampon rapid to “contain the spread of infection even more efficiently and quickly” and is only the first batch of a total supply approaching 2 million tests.
They will be used for closing quarantines Gods close contacts, arrivals in airport, projection on schools and between operators and visitors to the Ave and other social and health structures and another 250 thousand quick swabs provided to employers signatories of the Labor Agreement with the Region, who will have the possibility of carrying out the test on their own, in terms of execution costs, in accredited health facilities.
Quick pads, what they are and how they work
But what are the fast tampons available today in Emilia Romagna and how do they work? “The quick swab is a nasopharyngeal swab that does not require replication in the laboratory and therefore in about 15 minutes the infection can be detected, but not give the diagnosis of Covid for now,” explained the regional health advisor. Raffaele donini -. For this reason we ask the Government that the diagnosis can also be made from the quick swab, since for now the test in question will basically look for theantigens of the virus and not of the interior of the molecule. With the requested update, we could implement even more effective contact tracing, entrusting the Covid diagnosis to the positivity of the quick swab. “
A request that also welcomes Cristina Mussini, director of the complex structure of infectious diseases at the University Hospital of Modena: “The quick swab looks for a molecule on the surface of the virus and, therefore, very sensible. Just as the non-fast swab is even more sensitive as it seeks theRNA of the virus “.
One more weapon against contagion
“This first supply of a million rapid tests represents another very important tool to prevent and limit the spread of the virus in a faster way and to help us improve a contact tracking fundamental to curb the epidemiological trend “, comments the regional health counselor Raffaele Donini.
There are two supply channels for fast tampons that will be distributed in Emilia-Romagna, in total 1,865,550: 44,880 are provided by the national commissioner -of which 19,200 arrived at the beginning of November and 25,600 arrive-, the remaining 1,820,750 are the result of the tender that the Emilia-Romagna Region has launched together with the Veneto Region; of these, 970,000 are already in distribution.
The first supply of tampons guaranteed by the Government was divided equally among the 8 Health Trusts, which received 2,400 each; Instead, the evidence obtained by tender will be assigned to the territories according to a distribution that takes into account the resident population and different needs.
Donini: “It is forbidden to lower your guard”
At the weekly point ofepidemiological trend in Emilia Romagna, held by Donini live Fb in the company of Cristina Mussini, declares the commissioner: “Today we detected a decrease in the rate of transmission of the Rt virus in the Region compared to last week – explained Commissioner Donini -. In fact, from 1.63 we went to 1.57, for a percentage of positives per swab executed at 9.4%, lower than the national average, together with Emilia Romagna’s positioning in yellow zone However, we must not lower our guard, since although the number of patients in intensive care that has not changed – 177 – still does not cause concern in terms of saturation, on the contrary the 1673 people hospitalized in the Covid wards – + 85 compared to yesterday – begin to decrease. be an important population. “
A guard who stands up like a mask between the school desks, with the entry into force of wearing it for all students who are still teaching face-to-face.
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