• Phase 2, new Arcuri-Federfarma agreement for mask supplies
  • Phase 2, new Arcuri-Federfarma agreement for mask supplies
  • Arcuri: the price of the masks will remain 50 cents plus VAT, no speculation
  • Phase two, Arcuri: "Start an even more difficult challenge"

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May 23, 2020 "From the ISS data, the contagion curve does not seem to go up, but the game is still going on, we must remain responsible and I say this especially to young people. The measures put in place are decisive, first of all the social distancing, and young people can be more than before the key to helping us in the containment work ": said the emergency commissioner for emergency Covid Domenico Arcuri. And he adds: "Our action continues respecting expectations. In 65 days we have tried to do without complaining. We have shown that Italy is a great country".

"Mask game definitively resolved"
On the mask front, Arcuri announces: "As of yesterday there are 20 thousand tobacconists at 50 cents. And from Thursday there will also be those with the Coop brand, always at the same cost". Then he remembers that in the last week 43 thousand have been distributed ", therefore he concludes by saying that the game on these protective devices" is definitively resolved. "This mask that we produce costs 0.12 cents - Arcuri gives an example - the sale price - as reiterated - is 0.50. The freedoms of the market must be defended until death but not that of getting rich by trampling on the right to health of everyone, rich and poor ". 

"We work for safe maturity"
Chapter schools. "With the start of the schools in September we are working on the distribution of masks for teaching staff and students. The devices will be available already on June 17. The baccalaureate exams must be done in complete safety" says Arcuri. "I think it's a civic gesture to have the lessons done in complete safety both for the staff and for the students. We will establish the modalities later but the goal will be achieved", he assures.

Tuesday I sign Protocol for the production of masks in prisons
"On Tuesday I will sign the protocol for the production of masks in prisons" announced the emergency commissioner Covid. The protocol will be signed with Minister Bonafede. "We have purchased eight machines to produce them - he added - and the first two will be installed in the Bollate prison. Two more will go to the Salerno prison and two to Rebibbia". 

"Making more swabs. Objective 100 thousand a day"
"Over 60 thousand swabs a day have been made, we are the country that does the most. To make tampons you need reagents, or kits. We have the goal of making more tampons, "said Arcuri. "We must find as many reagents as possible - he added - and we must prevent them from becoming the masks of phase 2. We have noted that in Italy there are 211 laboratories that do not use the same reagents. We have understood that we cannot supply one types of these products. 33 companies and 47 products are in a position to satisfy the needs of the various laboratories. The goal now is to go from 60 thousand to 10 thousand tampons a day and since yesterday we have started dialogue with the regions ". And speaking of the regions: "I said from the first day that I would not have controversy with the governors even under torture. I have nothing to say about the hospital in Milan" he explains.

As of Monday he says "serological investigation is underway"
"The serological investigation with the staff of the Red Cross and with the committed volunteers starts on Monday. It is the most massive investigation ever carried out by Italian health professionals. We may have indications to better cope with the virus We can also define this page archived, we await the results ". 

App arrives at the end of the month
"I confirm that the 'Immuni' app will arrive on the market at the end of the month. There are still eight days to go, there will be no delays."  

Safety licenses for tourism. No common sense is needed
To go to the tourist resorts "I don't think you need safety licenses, you need common sense and collaboration. Like what the governors of the Regions are showing these days," said Arcuri.