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The locals can pick up from next Monday , May 11 in pharmacies, and free , the mask of high protection that the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, promised that his government would distribute to protect the population against to the coronavirus once de-escalation has begun.
"We are going to give the masks to all citizens, so that they have them in the pharmacy under their houses and they can pick them up for free," said the regional executive leader in an interview on television, where she explained that this installment of material will be accompanied by a series of orders that will dictate for coexistence, such as that the use of a mask is mandatory in public and / or closed spaces.
This Friday, a plane from China loaded with two million FFP2 quality units has landed at Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez airport and, over the next few days, the arrival of three other flights is expected, bringing another five millions more.
The sanitary merchandise will be transferred to the warehouses of the Cofares medicine distributor, who will be responsible for delivering the masks to the 3,000 pharmacies in the region.
To collect them, Madrid residents will have to present their health card , which will include delivery by electronic prescription. In addition, the 600,000 people who do not carry this documentation, mainly mutual funds, will be able to acquire it simply by presenting their ID or NIE.
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