The regional campaign was also extended to people with disabilities and their families living together – Emilia-Romagna Region

From today on Emilia romagna Even the people with disabilities, and of them cohabitating family members, have the right to make a free quick antigen swab in Pharmacy: the number of those entitled to participate continues to increase, voluntarily, to the big one epidemiological detection, gives more than two million tests, which begins this morning throughout the region.

It was decided there Regional Council, recognizing with his own act a majority resolution featured in legislative Assembly and approved inunanimity: According to the pharmacy trade associations, the agreement is reviewed and the persons with certified disability, collaborating and able to wear the maskand your family members who live together.

the people with disabilities and their families therefore, they are added to a large segment of the population entitled to the test: all schoolchildren and children students from 0 to 18 years old and adults attending upper secondary school, with their parents (even if they are separated and / or not living together and guardians / adoptive caregivers), brothers and sisters and others cohabitating family membersas well as grandparents who do not live together; the University students who have a GP in Emilia-Romagna and those who, although they attended here, attend universities outside the region. And again: the 0-3 year old educational personnel and school personnel of all levels, including training bodies offering vocational education and training (VET) pathways and the students who attend them.

Also for disabled people and their living relatives, to perform the test is enough, of today, make an appointment with the pharmacist, consulting the list of members on the website of the Region https://salute.regione.emilia-romagna.it/antigenico-farmacie. The swab will then be done on the self-test or alternatively by the accompanying family member.

As to people with disabilities who cannot use the mask, and therefore to guarantee the safety conditions in the pharmacy at the time of the test, it is important to remember that they are and recipients of infection control measures of Coronavirus provided directly by the health authorities for the highest risk categories.