A few weeks after Christmas, the swab race began in view of the family dinner.
In the laboratories of the capital, for example, the first requests of those who, to 'protect' their loved ones, want to undergo the test in the days before the holidays begin to arrive.
"There are already about three hundred people who have booked a tampon close to Christmas in our centers - explains Mariastella Giorlandino, administrator of the Artemisia Lab networks that carry out tests in eight structures spread across Lazio - but we are booking with an indication to contact us again a few days before to evaluate the individual situations and establish the most appropriate times and methods ».
For Giorlandino “there is great confusion in the population about tampons and a bit of apprehension in view of Christmas because we want to protect the most fragile family members.
We are trying to give more detailed information and the most suitable execution times - he adds - making it clear that we must not be in a hurry and anticipate times.
On the sixth day from the risk contact, for example, a qualitative antigen must be done and not a quantitative one that must be done on the ninth day.
The molecular also on the fifth day ».
Meanwhile, over 15 thousand rapid swabs were carried out in ten days in the Lazio pharmacies alone.
"Yesterday alone there were 3,500 - explains Andrea Cicconetti, president of Federfarma Rome - At the moment there are 209 pharmacies in Lazio that are carrying out rapid swabs, but the number is increasing day by day. Some have equipped themselves with outdoor gazebos" . For the Christmas dinner in the upcoming Dpcm no indications will be given on the number of diners but, if anything, recommendations: no more than 6-7 at the table and all inside the 'family bubble', that is, close relatives and any cohabitants. recommendation, in case, to test those relatives who, even if close, have not been together for a long time.In short, this year before the good wishes and the toast, duly at a distance, the swab is strongly recommended if not compulsory.