Covid Lombardia, almost 1 million tampons in pharmacies in 7 days

Covid in Lombardy, almost 1 million swabs were carried out in pharmacies in just 7 days. “There are queues in pharmacies, but also in all the drive-throughs of hospitals. The demand for tampons has increased a lot. People are a bit scatterbrained and left to fend for themselves. I have seen many in many years of work, but this one it is really a period of world pandemic, just look at what is happening in France or in the USA. How to ease this pressure on the buffer system? There must be certain rules for the people. We will see if the new government provisions that could arrive in the next few hours they will give it “. This is the reflection of Annarosa Racca, president of Federfarma Lombardia and Federfarma Milan, Lodi and Monza Brianza, who comments on the situation of these days at Adnkronos Salute. In the region, since last February, about 2 thousand affiliated pharmacies have performed “over 8 million tampons – he explains -. But now in a week we do 800-900 thousand”, over 100 thousand a day throughout Lombardy. “The increase calculated at the national level is 20% during the holidays”, probably in Lombardy it weighs more. “But the pharmacies are able to fulfill the requests”, assures Racca, even if “certainly there are queues. Now the Region has sent a circular in which it says who has to swab and explains that those who are ill, who must certify must do it. healing, close contacts. But people do it anyway, if they have to visit a relative or for a dinner they prefer to be safe. And therefore the request becomes even more important, both for tampons made in pharmacies and those to buy and do at home “.