"23,000 pensioners aged 75 or over will be able to request, by delegating the Carabinieri to retire, the delivery of the pension at home for the duration of the emergency from Covid-19, thus avoiding having to go to post offices". It is foreseen by an agreement between the Post Office and the Arma dei Carabinieri, the company and the Arma explain with a note, for "all citizens aged 75 and over who receive social security benefits at post offices, which they normally collect their pension in cash. "
The service, they explain, "cannot be provided to those who have already delegated other subjects to collect, have a passbook or postal account or who live with family members or in any case these are residing near their home".
The agreement, underlines the joint press release, "is part of the wider effort put in place by the two institutional partners, each in its own field of activity, to contrast the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate its effects, also through the adoption of extraordinary measures aimed at avoiding the physical movements of people, and in particular of the subjects at greatest risk, in any case ensuring the maintenance of the interpersonal distance of at least one meter. The initiative also allows to protect the beneficiaries from the commission of crimes against them damage, such as, scams, robberies and snatches.
According to the agreement "the Carabinieri will go to the post office counters to collect the pension allowances and then deliver them to the home of the beneficiaries who have requested it from the Italian Post Office by issuing a special written proxy. The pensioners can contact the toll free number 800.556670 made available by Poste or call the nearest Carabinieri station to request more information ".
The new service will be provided "for the entire duration of the Covid-19 emergency".