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Now, potentially, any Piedmontese will be able to check whether they have been infected with the coronavirus or not. To reiterate this with a joke, the president of the Piedmont Region, Alberto Cirio: “If you calculate the 2,400,000 fast mattresses of the public service and add to these all the individuals, there is a mattress for every Piedmontese.”
A tool, the quick swab, which as of today, Wednesday October 21, becomes part of the paraphernalia available to the Piedmont health system to counteract the spread of the infection. In fact, these are tests that in just 15 minutes allow the patient to know whether or not they are positive for covid-19. In case of positivity, a traditional confirmation swab should be performed; in case of negativity, on the other hand, no further verification is needed.
So far, the Piedmont region has distributed 177,000 swabs to ASL and hospitals. These are tests that are part of the first order placed by Piedmont together with Veneto, this summer 1,000,000 were ordered. To these must be added the 1,400,000 additional quick swabs that were ordered later and the 600,000 that will come from the state.
Buffers that will be used to map the RSA situation every 15 days. In fact, 60,000 swabs will be sent to nursing homes every two weeks. The rapid tests will also be used in schools, for the armed forces, judicial offices and health personnel in the Piedmont region.
However, individuals will also be able to access the quick swabs. In fact, it will be enough to go to the pharmacy and request it, the pharmacist will take care of the matter and a nurse will be sent to the home of the citizen who will perform the swab. In case of positivity, the isolation protocol will be activated. The cost of the tampon will add up to around 30 or 40 euros. GPs will also be able to perform the rapid test for patients with symptoms.
The rapid test can also be used to stop quarantine on the 10th day of isolation.
