Coronavirus, Arcuri requisition essential drug ready for export

2020-03-20T21:27:59.987Z

The extraordinary commissioner for the emergency covid-19, Domenico Arcuri, in agreement with the minister of health, Roberto Speranza, and the minister for regional affairs, Francesco Boccia, learned the news that an Italian company producing a drug in Lombardy deemed essential in dealing with the covid-19 emergency, and in particular to keep intubated patients in intensive care sedated, he ordered the requisition, which is permitted by law, of the quantity that was to be exported. "The depth and size of the emergency - commented Arcuri - in fact require the participation of the entire Italian pharmaceutical industry and the use of all the options available in the interest of patients, with the primary aim that we must all share, of make every effort to heal them. I wish to express my thanks to the Carabinieri for the timeliness and effectiveness of the intervention. The drug will be immediately distributed to the hospitals that need it. "