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03 May 2020Surgical masks at 0.50 cents from tomorrow in approximately 20,000 retail outlets. It is the result of the agreement signed between Commissioner Domenico Arcuri, Confcommercio, Federdistribuzione. The agreement will also have value for all Italian merchants associated with the big chains.

'' The agreement that we signed in a few hours is a good page in the management of this dramatic emergency, '' says Arcuri. '' I thank Confcommercio, Federdistribuzione and Conad for the helpfulness and sense of responsibility towards the country that they have actually demonstrated. The right of citizens to protect their health by purchasing masks at a fair price is an essential right that the state must guarantee ''.

'' The agreement will allow companies not to suffer any losses, and at the same time will confirm their fundamental social utility '', underlines Arcuri. After the agreement signed with Pharmacies and Parapharmacies (30,000 points of sale) and that with large distribution chains, '' in the next few days the agreement already reached with the National Federation of Tobacconists will be formalized. In this way, there will be 100,000 points of sale of surgical masks in Italy; one for every 600 inhabitants ''.